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Hospitals: Solutions to Common Safety and Health Violations
Several divisions within the Department of Labor & Industries perform surveys, audits, examinations or inspections in hospitals. Each has compiled a list of most frequent problems identified in hospital, and how hospitals may avoid or address the problems.
For most questions related to DOSH and hospitals, please contact a DOSH safety and health consultant.
The following items represent common problems found during L&I inspections and audits in hospitals, and how to address them.
|A written Accident Prevetion Program (APP) has not been developed
|Develop and maintain a written Accident Prevention Program as required by WAC 296-800-140.
|The Accident Prevention Program did not include a section on workplace violence prevention.
|Implement a plan to reasonably protect employees from violence as required by RCW 49.19 and WRD 5.07 Workplace Violence Prevention in Healthcare.
|A safety committee with employee-elected and employer-selected members is not in place
|Institute a safety committee and conduct safety meetings as required under WAC 296-800-130. Make sure the number of employee-elected members equals or exceeds the number of employer-selected members.
|A written Chemical Hazard Communication Program has not been developed
|Develop and make avalable a written Chemical Hazard Communication Program as required under WAC 296-800-170. Sample Hazardous Chemical Communication Program.
|The bloodborne pathogens Exposure Control Plan (ECP) is incomplete
|Make sure that ECP includes all of the elements listed in WAC 296-823-1105. Sample ECP.
|Employees are not receiving effective safety orientation training.
|Make sure that workplace hazards are identified in your APP or department policies. Employees must receive training prior to job duty assignment and whenever exposures or processes change, WAC 206-800-140.
|Employees are not using appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE)
|Conduct a PPE Hazard Assessment and provide appropriate PPE as required under WAC 296-800-160. Require your employees to use necessary PPE. Personal Protective Equipment Guide.
|Appropriate emergency washing facilities are not provided in areas where employees mix hazardous chemicals
|Identify areas where chemical usage requires an emergency shower and/or eyewash facility to be and make sure appropriate emergency washing is provided under WAC 296-800-15030 through –15040.
|Where there is potential exposure to asbestos a good faith survey is not performed
|Perform a survey as required by WAC 296-62-07721 and RCW 49.26.13. Communicate results to employees.
|Employees with potential exposure to asbestos are not provided effective training.
|Provide training as required under WAC 296-62-07722.
|A written energy control program ( lock out/tag out program) has not been developed.
|Establish a written energy control program as required by WAC 296-803-20005.
|A written Emergency response Plan has not been developed
|Where there is a risk of uncontrolled releases of hazardous substances develop an Emergency Response Plan as required under WAC 296-824.
a)Signage which restricts entry and directs employees to the nurses station was not posted to prevent the employee from entering the suspected Tuberculosis (TB) patient's room.
b)HVAC Engineers were not required to wear respirators when they worked inside of TB isolation room exhaust air ducts while the isolation room housed suspect or confirmed TB patients.
c)Air from the exhaust ventilation for TB isolation rooms was not exhaustd away from populated areas.
d)The exhaust ventilation for TB isolation rooms shared common ducts with other rooms/areas of the facility and was not filtered.
|The employer did not ensure that an employee wore eye protection such as safety goggles or a face shield when working with corrosive chemicals.
|A written energy control program (also know as lock out tag out program) was not included and implemented in the employer's existing program.
|The accident prevention program did not include a section on workplace violence prevention.
| A written respiratory protection program for was not developed.
|An asbestos good faith survey was not performed.
|An effective bloodborne pathogens (BBP) exposure control plan was not established for the hospital.
|Personal protective equipment (PPE) for potential exposure to bloodborne pathogens (BBP) or other potentially infectious material (OPIM) was either not provided or not used properly. In addition, a general assessment for hazards requiring the use of PPE was not effectively performed.
|An effective program for communicating the hazards of chemicals to employees was not established.
|An emergency washing facility was not provided in areas where employees mix toxic chemicals.
|A safety committee with employee representation was not established.
|Frequent problems identified in hospital elevator inspections:
Frequent problems identified in inspections of boilers and pressure vessels at hospitals:
Frequent problems identified in inspections at hospital construction sites:
1. Contractor not registered, bonded and insured in Washington.
2. Contractor does not have a current business license.
3. Contractor is not up-to-date on workers' comp premiums for any employees.
4. Medical Gas and Vacuum systems.
Frequently written Electrical Corrections issued at hospitals and other identified issues:


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Liberty News
Program offers free tuition to qualifying veterans
Veterans who qualify to receive the maximum educational benefits under the new Post-9/11 GI Bill can now attend Liberty University tuition-free, thanks to the new Yellow Ribbon Program.
Under the bill, which takes effect Aug. 1, a percentage of tuition and fees are covered by Veterans Affairs, based on the amount of time served, up to the highest in-state tuition rate. (Veterans must have served at least 90 days of active duty after Sept. 10, 2001 with an honorable discharge.) In addition, the VA created the Yellow Ribbon Program for private institutions like Liberty, with tuitions that exceed the highest in-state tuition rate. As a participant, Liberty has agreed to split any costs that remain after GI Bill benefits 50/50 with the VA for those who qualify for the maximum benefit.
Under the Post-9/11 GI Bill, qualified residential students receive a basic allowance for housing and a book stipend for up to $1,000 per year.
Liberty has already awarded 11 students the Yellow Ribbon Scholarship for fall 2009. Liberty has agreed to contribute up to $10,500 per year to each scholarship recipient and will award the scholarship to as many students who qualify.
For more information, contact Liberty University's Military Affairs office.

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Since 1896, one of Los Angeles' iconic outdoor areas, Echo Park Lake, has served as a haven for all type of Angelenos: young, old, rich, and poor, as well as a picturesque example of nature in the city. Over the last few years, the Park had unfortunately fallen into a state of disrepair and disregard, resulting in Echo Park Lake being shut down for two years in order to bring the facility back to acceptable standards.
The Echo Park Lake rehab in its early stages.
(Above) The new Echo Park Lake
Echo Park Lake is less than 10 minutes from downtown. I've been spending the last few Sunday mornings taking Raj for a walk around the park. It's a wonderful way to get a Sunday started. Families are out, couples are cruising the lake in paddle boats, yoga classes are going on and all manner of ducks and geese stroll around the lake, easily sharing the space with their human neighbors.
Many people complain about the lack of (fill in the blank) when you live in Los Angeles. There's a lot to see and do, if you only get out there. One of the easiest, cheapest, most pleasant ways to experience the best of Los Angeles is to turn off your cel, grab your favorite person and take a stroll around Echo Lake Park.


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Don't Underestimate Universal Display's New BOE Deal
Universal Display just announced a new agreement with BOE Technology Group, the largest LCD panel producer in China and one of the top five display makers in the world. This sounds like great news -- and it is -- so why did the market initially push shares of Universal Display down around 1% in Tuesday's early trading? (The stock ended the day up nearly 3%.)
First, keep in mind this is "just" an expanded evaluation agreement, so it doesn't bear anywhere near the same weight as the long-term licensing and material supply agreement Universal Display signed with Samsung in mid-2011. And while Universal Display said this deal will allow it to both "broaden its collaboration with BOE and supply additional" phosphorescent OLED display materials, such an evaluation agreement isn't likely to have a significant positive impact on Universal Display's material sales in the near future.
BOE is still a small OLED player...
BOE has a modest AMOLED line in Ordos for producing small and medium AMOLED displays. In addition, BOE only recently invested in a large-screen AMOLED pilot line at its Hefei-based G8.5 fab. Using the new pilot line, BOE developed the 55-inch OLED TV module sample exhibited at SID 2014 Display Week less than a month ago.
Meanwhile, BOE's South Korean competitors continue to extend their respective leads in the OLED industry: Samsung, for one, already produces tens of millions of small and medium-sized OLED displays for its Galaxy series devices. Meanwhile, LG Display only a few days ago confirmed plans to pump another $788 million into ramping up its own large-screen OLED TV production by the second half of this year.
... but don't underestimate its influence
At the same time, however, investors would be wise to heed the incredible long-term implications of Universal Display's evaluation agreement with BOE.
As BOE Technology Chairman Wang Dongsheng noted in a press release: "UDC is the leading phosphorescent OLED material supplier. Through establishing close partnership, we hope to push forward the development of OLED industry together with UDC and other industry partners."
This meshes with LG Display CEO Han Sang-beom's statement last week that Chinese tech manufacturers are "trend setters" in the global OLED industry. That's why he also suggested LG Display is working to forge deals with key Chinese players to supply OLED panels and accelerate OLED TV adoption. The end goal, an LG Display official later revealed, is to bring OLED TV prices down to a mere 10% premium to competing LCDs.
That's just fine for Universal Display. But Universal Display investors should be particularly encouraged that BOE -- which notably commanded a 56% share of all display panels used in mainland China in 2013 -- wants to pursue OLED manufacturing independence on its own terms.
In the end, this not only serves as further validation of Universal Display's flagship technology, but also will ultimately diversify its revenue stream and reduce its overreliance on Samsung and LG Display. As a longtime shareholder myself -- and considering Universal Display's past volatility in the face of chunky quarterly sales -- I'm happy to wait patiently for BOE to establish itself as another key player in the OLED space.
Warren Buffett: This new technology is a "real threat"
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Aliases for RN7SKP90 Gene
Subcategory (RNA class) for RN7SKP90 Gene
External Ids for RN7SKP90 Gene
- Entrez Gene: 106481809
- Ensembl: ENSG00000199883
Summaries for RN7SKP90 Gene
GeneCards Summary for RN7SKP90 Gene
RN7SKP90 (RN7SK Pseudogene 90) is a Pseudogene, and is affiliated with the 7SK RNA class.
fRNAdb sequence ontologies for RN7SKP90 Gene - the ORGUL cluster for this gene includes several descriptions:
snRNA: A small nuclear RNA molecule involved in pre-mRNA splicing and processing.
7SK RNA: 7SK was discovered as an abundant small nuclear RNA in the mid-70s but a possible function has only recently been suggested [1]. Two independent studies have found that 7SK RNA binds the CDK9/cyclin T complex (known as elongation factor P-TEFb). P-TEFb activates transcription by phosphorylating the C-terminal domain of RNA polymerase II. This process is negatively regulated by the 7SK RNP. The secondary structure of 7SK RNA shown here was proposed by Wasserman and Steitz on the basis of chemical modification and enzymatic cleavage experiments [2]. This family contains a number of annotated pseudogenes and 7SK derived repeats. The threshold is artificially high to minimise the pseudogene count.
Additional gene information for RN7SKP90 Gene
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IMF boss Lagarde warns economy 'too weak for comfort'
The global economy could be heading for years of "sub-par growth", according to the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Christine Lagarde warned that without "brave action" the world could fall into a "low growth trap".
She said the global economy would grow by more than 3% this year and next, but that market volatility and tensions in Ukraine posed risks.
Ms Lagarde also urged more action to tackle low inflation in the eurozone.
'Unconventional measures'
Low inflation in the eurozone has been caused by the presence of a greater level of spare capacity in the economy, meaning it is not growing to its full potential due to underinvestment, compared to the US or UK.
The Bank of England believes the amount of spare capacity in the UK is equal to about 1% to 1.5% of overall GDP.
The strength of the euro relative to the pound and the dollar since 2012 has also lowered the cost of imports, forcing the price of goods to come down.
That has meant inflation in the eurozone is currently running at 0.5%, compared to 1.7% in the UK and 1.1% in the US.
The fear attached to lower inflation is it could harm the eurozone's nascent economic recovery, weakening consumer demand for goods and services as household's put off spending believing prices will continue to fall.
Low inflation also means that governments and businesses find it more difficult to repay their debts.
Ms Lagarde called on the European Central Bank (ECB) to pursue "more monetary easing, including through unconventional measures".
Eurozone warning
"There is the emerging risk of what I call 'low-flation', particularly in the euro area," she added.
"A potentially prolonged period of low inflation can suppress demand and output, and suppress growth and jobs."
Her advice to the ECB, in a speech on Wednesday, came the day before a meeting of the central bank's policymakers.
Economists do not expect them to announce any measures to reverse a drop in the region's rate of inflation, which fell to 0.5% in March, its lowest since 2009.
It was also the 6th month in what ECB President Mario Draghi has called "the danger zone" below 1%.
'Low growth trap'
The IMF's managing director said that global economic signs were positive overall, but that "without sufficient policy ambition, the world could fall into a medium-term low-growth trap".
She called for governments to reform labour markets to encourage job creation, and for more public investment such as transport and communications networks in rich and emerging countries.
In a speech seen as a precursor to the IMF's spring meetings in Washington next week, Ms Lagarde specifically referred to the US Federal Reserve's gradual winding down of monetary stimulus.
The US central bank is slowly reducing the rate at which it buys bonds, which has been pumping money into the country's economy.
But it has had a damaging impact on emerging markets, as investors withdrew money back to the US in the hope of achieving higher interest rates.
Ms Lagarde said there needed to be greater cooperation among policymakers to limit the impact of the Fed's tapering, and warned the problem could also "spill back" to the US.
She also warned the situation in Ukraine could have "broader spillover implications" if not well managed.
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Wow, all I can say is ... wow. I had planned on basing this week's column around the popularity if the UFC and its fighters but something bigger has come up. This week I will be basing this column completely on Marlon "Tiger Khan" Kalkai, who passed recently in California.
I had the honour and privilege to work with and learn from Tiger in Stampede in 1999-2001, and I can honestly say that there was a worker who never got his due. You hear about it all the time how if guys had only "got their shot" or "had one opportunity" they would have "made it." A lot of these dubious claims are never backed up by proof or referral of said talent. I will be happy to tell you of how great Tiger Kahn was.
In '99, I was hitting two years in the business and working almost 25 days a month with the Harts and Stampede Wrestling. Myself and a core of guys from Alberta, namely Duke Durrango, Greg Pawluk, Dean "Irish Red" Durrango, Bill Yeats, Ivan Thompson, Carl LeDuc, Eddie Mustang, T.J. Wilson and Harry Smith and a few others were working as much as we could to gain that all important to wrestling ingredient called experience.
But the problem was there were precious few "veterans" to learn from who were working around there at the time. And without vets to learn from, all you have are green guys trying their best but ultimately failing to get the point. I mean, don't get me wrong, we worked our collective asses off, but it wasn't getting us anywhere as far as psychology goes. But that all changed when Bruce Hart brought Tiger in from the east coast.
Tiger was immediately thrust into the locker room leader role and took to it like a fat kid on cake.
He was funny, patient, and above all, knowledgeable and started to have an impact almost immediately. Now I will tell you, he didn't have it easy 'cause coming into a territory like Stampede can be hard. We had a "who the hell are you?" and "why should we listen?" attitude, and were able to back up our bravado with solid skills gleaned from the HARD training we did in the dungeon at least 2-4 times per week. Even on show days! LOL
But Tiger took it all in and gave back and earned respect from every guy in Alberta.
Tiger wasn't a big guy. At 5'10" and 200 pounds, he was about average for the Stampede territory, but what set him apart from other wrestlers was a mind like a steel trap. He had a great head for the business and could be counted on to "come up with something" as Bruce liked to say, and have it make sense.
I am positive if he wasn't trapped in the wrestler purgatory that is Western Canada he would have been well on his way to being a household name. He just had too much talent to deny.
One of my favourite Tiger moments was a promo where he was debasing the North American people as a whole and shaking his finger at us for not recognising East Indian holidays. He went on to expound on the (completely fictitious) East Indian holiday called Mamaleekabooboo Day, likening it to Christmas and telling us how uncultured we Canadians were for not celebrating it. He actually makes mention of Mamaleekabooboo in a promo that can be found here or go to www.stampedewrestling.com. I HIGHLY recommend you check out the genius that was Tiger Kahn.
In honour of Tiger I am going to propose that all those who knew him, and anyone else who should so feel the need to have their spirits and intellects lifted, join me in commemorating Tiger's memory by making June 28th officially (to us anyway) Mamaleekabooboo Day. It would be a day for carousing, merriment and wrestling history study. Topped off with a shot in Tiger's memory and a scream of INDIA!!!!!
Tiger helped me many times in so many ways. He helped me get tryouts with ECW. He gave me a place to stay in New York when I was there. He taught me psychology and mostly to have a sense of humour (his was legendary).
Tiger was my friend and I loved him.
I will miss him so very much.
Goodbye my brother. I hope I see you again some day and we can catch up like old times.
It's always sad when someone dies. It's worse when they are your friend. And moreso when they are 33 years old. No one likes to think it can happen to them, but things like this just go to show that no one, nowhere, can escape death. And when it's your time to go, it's your time to go.
Apparently someone else somewhere needed Tiger more than we needed him here. And that is the way of the world. All we can do is show the people we care about that they mean a lot to us while they are here. It doesn't have the same effect saying I Love You after they are gone.


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We've officially been in school for a whole month! We're amazed and grateful that we've come this far, and so quickly. What an incredible month it's been, too. Today Mackenzie and I took a group of kids to the Potrero Hill Community Garden (my first field trip!) while Chane and Josh took charge at the school and helped out with building projects and declaration work.
Mackenzie told a story about the Goat Lady of Potrero Hill on the snack break during the walk to the garden.
Intrepid bug catcher.
At the garden the kids used egg cartons marked with adjectives like "stinky," "spiky," "beautiful," and "spicy" to take small samples of plants to share with the group.
Sharing discoveries.
One of my favorite parts of the day: Aidan stood as still as possible amidst the swirling bees at their hive in one corner of the garden. He held a tiny blossom in his outstretched fingertips, waiting for a bee to land and collect the bounty from the flower in his hand.
Mackenzie challenged everyone to a Sense-o-challenge where they had to smell a secret leaf or two in her hand, then find the plant in the garden where the leaves had come from.
On the overpass going to and from the garden, the kids stopped to wave at the cars and trucks zooming under them. The drivers waved and honked back!
The visitor of the day: Petey, Chane's charge for the weekend and a dog with no fear of kid-handling.
Sofia built a chair for Petey – also used for humans.
Examining the bird that the kids found on the sidewalk yesterday (yes, everyone washed hands right after holding it).
Building a racetrack for matchbox cars.
The tallest construction project of the day, of course, was the frame for Kid City. It's becoming more and more clear that the spaces that each kid will get in this place are positively enormous.
One month in and still going strong. And so many great things to come.


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This fish-focused mega-chain offers fresh fish, shrimp, lobster, crab legs and more at reasonable prices. House specialties include the ultimate feast (broiled Maine lobster tail, snow crab legs, shrimp scampi and fried shrimp), Walt's fried shrimp and a broiled seafood platter. Landlubbers can go for choices like steak or chicken. Red Lobster also offers a variety of specials like "shrimp lover's platter" and "lobsterfest." The children's menu offers broiled items and steamed veggie options.


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Obama does friends no favors
Barack Obama's got a knack for turning trial balloons into piñatas, and then leaving his allies to pick up the mess.
The pattern: He floats a buddy for a top job early, deliberates long enough for the opposition to gather steam, defends his pal too late to do any good and then regretfully accepts defeat.
Story Continued Below
First it was Susan Rice, his choice for secretary of state. Now, Larry Summers has withdrawn from consideration to become the next chairman of the Federal Reserve. Their candidacies were so poorly handled that neither ever made it to the stage of being nominated, much less getting blocked — or voted down — by the Senate.
( Also on POLITICO: Dem opposition dooms Summers's Fed candidacy)
"So much for no-drama Obama," said Jim Manley, a senior director at QGA Public Affairs who worked for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. "This was always going to be a tough vote. There was no slam dunk involved here. … Why would they want to go through that?"
The Summers snafu is particularly problematic because the choice badly divided Obama's fellow Democrats. Word from Hill allies was that the Senate could reject Summers, and already as many as four of the 12 Democrats on the Senate Banking Committee were ready to vote against him.
( PHOTOS: Larry Summers's career)
A larger question is of the president's toughness. Liberal Democrats rallied against a Summers nomination. In another debate that never came up for a vote the White House could have easily lost, Obama was led into asking Congress for approval to bomb Syria. His summer-long fight with Russian President Vladimir Putin over NSA leaker Edward Snowden and the Syria issue has also hurt.
"It's a consistent pattern where he says he's going to do something, says he's really going to fight for it, and then buckles the moment there's any opposition," said one veteran Democratic strategist. "It's like the kiss of death if he wants if you for a job."
( Also on POLITICO: Obama: 'Less concerned about style points')
White House officials see Summers and Rice as exceptions to the rule that Obama has been making progress on tough nominees. A showdown over Senate filibusters earlier this year led to the confirmations of Richard Cordray as head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Todd Jones as chief of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Obama's picks at the Environmental Protection Agency and Labor, Gina McCarthy and Tom Perez, respectively, were also confirmed despite some hand-wringing on Capitol Hill. And Sri Srinivasan sailed through the Senate to win a seat on the high-profile U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia earlier this year.
White House officials declined to comment beyond Obama's statement on Summers's withdrawal.
( Also on POLITICO: Biden remains mysterious on 2016)
But it's the picks that matter most to the president that have been most vexing for the White House. Obama seems willing to stretch — but only so far — for his personal friends, leaving fellow Democrats to either buck their own president or stick their necks out for nominees who can't win confirmation.
"Sen. Reid, as a loyal foot soldier, will do whatever the president asked him to do," Manley said. "But in the end, these are the president's nominees and it's up to him to round up the votes."


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Hi everyone, I am a new member here. I am from China but currently working for a small iOS development company in Australia.
I am interested in programming very much and that interest keep driving me studying and working actively. My major was not about computer programming but material chemical and engineering. But I keep learning programming during my spare time since 2001 when I was studying in a university in China for my bachelor degree in material chemical. Since that, I learned many other programming languages such as Basic, C/C++, Delphi(I like it very much because of its beauty, OOP and powerful GUI constructing ability and much more) and others. I come to Australia for study at 2009. After 2 years study for master degree and graduated, one of my friends introduce me to her company which is the one I am working for.
Nowadays, IT is changing at very fast speed. For the past several years, I kept learning windows programming but now I think there are no great future for windows programming any more. I think I waist much time for learning those technique. Therefor I decide to learn Java which is a cross-platform language. And I believe Java has future because of its special features like cross-platform, simple but powerful , robust, enterprise application development and so on.
It is very nice to meet you guys here. I am glad I found a good forum and join a java family like this one.


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Inspired by Business Insider's Full Monty article, in which CEO Henry Blodget went into great detail about the financial workings of Business Insider as a company, I thought a similar revealing article about our technical infrastructure was in order. We've written infrequently before on the inner workings of the tech here, especially with regards to MongoDB, and the interest has always seemed strong, so let's go into some depth today about the BI server architecture and our development and monitoring tools, and then I'll take your questions.
If you aren't of a technical background, be warned: this article is about to get nerdier than a Wikipedia editors' meetup. Put some MC Hawking on in the background and read on.
Business Insider runs on a multi-tiered server architecture that enables us to scale to meet the unpredictable demands of the web media business. The entire site runs on only about a dozen production servers and is easily able to handle the 4 million+ page views we may find ourselves needing to push out on a high-traffic day.
The heart of the site and its lowest tier remains MongoDB, of course. MongoDB gives us blazing fast performance and even when the site is heavily loaded the database servers barely edge over 10% CPU utilization. One optimization we've made at the database level since my predecessor Ian White's article on the topic is to move our analytics collections onto a separate server. This way, the relatively large volume of write requests to the analytics collections doesn't cause locking and takes their load off of our main database. Both of our Mongo databases are configured as replica sets with a slave server for failover purposes, but we haven't yet needed to do any distribution of read requests to the slave due to Mongo's raw speed.
The next tier up from MongoDB are our web application servers. These run Apache with PHP 5.3, cached using APC, to build our pages and make the magic happen. The application servers each run an instance of memcached so we can cache commonly used page fragments and database query results in memory for speed. The webservers also contain lightweight MongoDB instances running as arbiters for our MongoDB replica sets. Arbiters vote to decide which database server should become the master in a failover situation, but they don't host data or receive queries. All they do is sit there and vote occasionally, reminiscent of a Congressman except a MongoDB arbiter consumes far fewer valuable resources. Hi-yooo!
Above the web servers are our front-end caching servers. These are machines that run nginx and Varnish and function as reverse proxies to the web app servers. Varnish caches complete pages and some user specific page fragments so the web app servers don't have to generate a page from scratch for every individual visit to the site, which helps us handle the unpredictable high-traffic events that can be caused by the latest celebrity philanderer, market crash, or end of the world prediction. It also helps us easily scale pages that involve a lot of number crunching and database lookups, like the new data center pages we're currently rolling out.
We use a fully customized Varnish configuration so we can do active cache purging and keep our pages up to date. For example, when an editor posts a new story we actively purge the verticals the story appears on, and when anyone posts a comment we purge that article page. This helps us achieve a high cache hit ratio while keeping our content as fresh as possible. A fast nginx web server instance sits in front of Varnish and handles on-the-fly gzipping of content as well as rate limiting. Static content such as images, CSS and JavaScript are not cached by Varnish; it's not necessary because they get delivered directly to clients via our content delivery network.
For our internal site search, we use a Google Search Appliance that crawls the site and ingests our posts into a full text search index. We're outgrowing this, so we're looking into either upgrading or migrating to Solr or a similar open source document-based search engine. Yes, we could do full text searching with MongoDB, but I prefer using a tool more specifically suited to that task.
A separate server runs our cron jobs that perform automated background tasks like generating short URLs for new posts via bit.ly and populating the Hive with links, among other miscellaneous tasks.
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- We use git with github for distributed source control and revision tracking.
- We use Munin to measure our server performance and draw pretty graphs to help us diagnose problems. We would set up Nagios for monitoring, but our hosting provider does a good job sending us alerts when there's a problem so it hasn't been necessary.
- We use Hoptoad to alert us to application errors that may happen on the site. Any uncaught exception notifies the tech team and the Hoptoad web interface shows us a stack dump so we can start debugging the issue.
- All of our servers run Linux, specifically CentOS. The server hardware specs vary depending on the machine's role, our web servers have dual core CPUs and 8GB of RAM, while the database and caching servers are quad core with twice as much RAM.
- Most developers do their work on a MacBook Pro, but we do have a couple of the more hardcore hacker types running Linux desktops on their machines. Most of us use Textmate on the Mac to write our code, but there's a smattering of NetBeans, Eclipse, and straight up vi as well.
- We each develop locally using Linux virtual machines that contain our entire application stack on a single VM, then push code to a shared integration server for testing and QA.
- Backend developers share the sysadmin duties amongst ourselves. We don't have a dedicated systems administrator, since our servers are managed hosts it's not generally necessary, and when any important admin work needs to be done a backend developer will wear two hats for a while.
- We use Catchpoint to monitor page load speed, something we are focused on improving over the balance of the year.
One future improvement to the infrastructure being considered is using a Hudson server to perform continuous integration and automated running of our testing suite of low-level phpunit and high level Selenium tests to improve release quality. Also ongoing are more enhancements to the Varnish caching strategy to do more intelligent purging so we can raise our cache TTLs even higher and achieve even better scalability under high loads. Scalability is what keeps me up at night: traffic has doubled since I joined BI eight short months ago and it shows no sign of slowing.
There you have it, you've now been exposed to the official BI technical Full Monty. Hope you enjoyed it. Fire away with your questions and I'll do my best to answer them as long as you're not asking me to reveal our root password. (Okay, fine, it's "passw0rd". We use a zero instead of an O because we're clever like that.)


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BABSON PARK, Mass. – Freshman lefty Nick Radcliffe (Randolph, Mass.) allowed just one run on two hits over seven innings and sophomore Todd Ezold (Westfield, Mass.) drove in three runs as baseball put an end to their recent skid as they topped Babson College 4-1 in non-conference action on Thursday afternoon at Govoni Field.
The Beacons improved to 10-11 on the year as they prepare for the Little East Conference doubleheader this Saturday with Eastern Connecticut State University in Brockton. The Beavers fell to 12-11 with Thursday's non-conference loss, their first since falling to UMB back in 2010 by the final of 20-7.
Radcliffe struck out two and walked a pair on the way to his first collegiate win while junior Matt Dziok (Southampton, Mass.) gave up just one hit over the final two innings to earn his second save of the season for UMass Boston. Hunter Silva took the loss for Babson, giving up one earned run on three hits over five innings, while striking out two and walking four.
The two teams traded runs on sacrifice flies in the first, beginning when Beacons' Ezold lofted a fly ball to center to score junior Jose Pena (Boston, Mass.). Babson then answered when Trevor Boyce led off the bottom half of the frame with a walk, stole both second and third, and scored on a sac fly to center by senior Chris Kucher.
UMB snapped the 1-1 tie with three runs in the top of the fifth, thanks to a pair of walks, a hit batsmen, and an error. Freshman Adam Gutierrez (Springfield, Mass.) scored the go-ahead run on a bases-loaded wild pitch, and Ezold followed with a two-run single to shallow left, scoring Pena and sophomore Bryan Failla (Torrington, Conn.), to give the Beacons a 4-1 lead.
After pitching out of a first-and-second jam in the second and then hitting the leadoff batter in the third, Radcliffe settled down to retire 13 straight until a two-out double by sophomore Joe Zanca in the seventh. Zanca eventually moved to third on a wild pitch, but Radcliffe stranded him there by inducing an inning-ending groundout to short.
The Beavers threatened again in the ninth as Kucher extended his hitting streak to nine games with a one-out single to left field. Two batters later, Sean MacPhee drew a two-out walk before Dziok thwarted the rally with a game-ending groundout to first.
Baseball returns to action on Saturday when they host Eastern Connecticut at 1 p.m. at Campanelli Stadium in a Little East Conference doubleheader.
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just finished setting the setup that slaydaddy posted on the 1st page for carpet racing and i really like it but when the shocks fully compress i can hear that the piston is rubbing on the shock bladder, is that ok???
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aggie rustler, Thanks for the info, don't know how I missed it!
So lets just keep this thread going and help each other out with racing set-ups, etc....
It is not a TOY!
is there anyway to get the crpet set-up on a set-up sheet would be much easier to follow?
I configured Steve Slayden setup on my Slash 4x4 and took it out to a bumpy track with dirts and stones to see how it behaves and handles the terrain...
Here is the Video of Steve Slayden setup on a bumpy, dirt, stones Terrain
Slash 4x4 Ultimate, Slash 2WD, SCX10 Defender 90
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Hey Slaydaddy,
Take a look at this video of my local indoor carpet track (Don't have to see all)
Can you recommend some tires and do you think your carpet set up will work well or can you recommend some changes.
Thanks in advanced!
A little help, please. I have read this thread at length, and there is some good info in here. Still, I am confused on one point. In the setup guides on pages 1 and 6, Steve Slayden makes reference to "Pro-Line Rear Carriers" and even recommends settings for them.
That's where I'm confused. I can't find any rear axle carriers for the Slash 4x4 that are manufactured or sold by Pro-Line. The closest thing I can find are the ProTrac Rear Hub Carriers 6062-05 which are part of the ProTrac Suspension Kit for the Slash 2x4. According to Pro-Line they only fit with the Rear Arms 6062-02 which are part of their ProTrac Suspension Kit, and none of it fits on the Traxxas Slash 4x4 at all.
Can anyone shed light on this issue? Do the ProTrac Rear Hub Carriers 6062-05 fit on Traxxas Slash 4x4 Rear Arms even though Pro-Line says they won't fit? Has anyone actually done this? And if so, what does it set the rear suspension geometry to (i.e., toe-in and /or any other changes over the stock Traxxas plastic rear hub carriers)?
Well I read in the RC Car Action Magizine Buyers Guide that they are a direct fit on the 4x4.
This is still sapperc. I got a new account name because I can't login since the website update. Gave up waiting for a fix.
XterraTrax, looks like you and I may be the only ones still trying to keep this thread alive. Hope not.
So, no one has actually tried the Pro-Liine rear hubs? Looking for feedback from experience on performance gains, if any. For example, just how useful are all the additional camber link connection points?
Got another question. Anyone take Steve Slayden's advice and try to install the Traxxas motor heatsink, part #1522? It doesn't fit. Requires serious cut-down modifications to accommodate the the gear mesh adjustment screw and the motor leads. The heatsink is too long, too tall, and too wide. Odd that there was no mention of that anywhere. I suppose you could rotate it to make room for the adjustment screw, but it's still too long and tall to fit up under the motor leads without filing it down. Makes me wonder what he or his mechanic did to install one, as he never mentioned any modifications that were needed.
Im just getting into RC cars just picked a slash up on ebay , I have a problem it did not come with a radio or rec I picked them up on ebay as well ok now can anyone tell me how to link them and what ch in need to be set on the radio is 2238 and rec is 2218 was trying to figure it out and one time i changes the ch and the held wide open any help would be great
Hi! You have the Traxxas TQ 2.4 Transmitter and the Traxxas TQ Link 2.4 5-channel Receiver. You are correct in that they are desigened to work together. The 2218 is used with all of the varios Traxxas 2.4 transmitters.
The setting instructions are rather lengthy, so my advice is to print out and follow the instructions as you go. Traxxas does not have a link to a separate manual for the transmitter. Instructions for setup and use are embedded in manuals for RTRs that use this transmitter. The Slash 4x4 is not sold as an RTR with this transmitter, but one model that does include this transmitter is the Slash 2x4. Check out this link: http://traxxas.com/sites/default/fil...l_091209_0.pdf. Specific instructions for the transmitter and receiver begin on page 9.
Hope this helps. Good luck.
Is there a list of just set up sheets?
I'm having issues trying to get a setup that will fix left turns. The truck carves corners going right but has to take wide left turns. This impresses everyone on the track as it looks like I'm driving a semi-truck and running them off the track. Thanks for all the setup advice, I've put a lot of it to use so far.
Hey all, new here to RC. I have a question about the setup sheet. For the rear toe angle it states: 4 (Blue as labeled). Can someone explain this to me? Is it referring to a blue carrier and installed as normal? Sorry for the newb question.
No body has Steve's set up in a set up sheet form?
Ok ive checked the setup out and i have one problem. I see no matter what the setup comes out to be the front swaybar does not allow the front control arm fully extend. It interferes with the extention of it. So whats everyones thoughts on that? Mine seems to kind one wheel up when turning hard and i lose contact with the inner tire.
is there a video or pics of this set up, my head is spinning with all the info, and really don't understand anything.
I don't understand steering link (plastic carrier two holes what is front) camber link position, what is out (out to the chassis) in (close to the chassis).
Starting to set up my Platinum to the SL setup sheets and I am questioning the measurements and please excuse but I haven't used metrics much but all are in mm not cm. Example: Shock length 100mm. shouldn't that be 100cm. 10cm/MM. 100MM would be more like 22 inchs. Am I crazy.


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St. Vrain Valley schools hold monthly drills to prepare students and faculty for emergency situations, but the May 9 gun scare at Timberline K-8 school provided a real-life trial run for the district's plans.
That morning, students told the principal, Karrie Borski, that a 13-year-old student had a gun in his backpack, said Stacy Davis, the security and emergency manager for the district and a former Firestone police officer. Within minutes, Borski issued a lock down and notified police.
Police are automatically alerted when any SVVSD goes on lock down, which is the standard response when a threat is reported inside a school, Davis said. A follow-up call was made to police by Timberline staff.
Longmont police Sgt. Doug Ross said the call came in 11:32 a.m. and that the first officers were on scene by 11:36 a.m. Police surrounded the school and set up a perimeter on the campus.
When police arrived, the student was not in the classroom where he should have been, said Ross, who supervises school resource officers at six district schools. Police searched the school before the school interventionist — at 11:50 a.m. — notified the school's main office that the student was in her classroom. Police apprehended him at 11:53 a.m.
"She didn't realize we were looking for that student," Ross said. "She was just following procedure and notified the office that there was a student in the room that would not normally be there at that time."
Lock down protocols
Under lock down protocols, students and teachers are instructed to stay down, stay quiet, turn off the lights and lock the doors, Davis said.
Davis believes that this was the only time a district school has been on lock down this year. Neighboring Skyline High School was put on lock out before the boy was apprehended. A lock out keeps visitors from entering the school when there is a possible threat outside, Davis said.
District officials said they were pleased with the execution of the lock down by students, faculty and staff at Timberline.
Superintendent Don Haddad said that from the immediate action taken by the principal to swift police response, both groups used their training well. But the biggest sign of success came from the students who reported the weapon.
"We spent a lot of time talking with our students, teachers, and community members about the importance of communicating when they see or hear something that doesn't seem right or causes them concern around safety," Haddad said. "That is critically important, and it's our first and best line to address these concerns."
After no weapon was found on the boy who was arrested, police searched the school, Ross said. Because the search could take several hours, police coordinated an evacuation of students to Skyline High School, where Timberline students would be reunited with their parents.
The evacuation began at 1:21 p.m. and took a little more than an hour, Ross said. By the time all 1,066 Timberline students were accounted for at Skyline, high school students were being dismissed for the day, causing the district to delay pick-up for Timberline parents to make it easier for district employees to verify parents' identification and avoid more congestion, Haddad said.
Some parents waited for more than an hour before reuniting with their students.
"I'm a parent as well, I get it," Haddad said. "But we need to take the time and make sure everyone was safe versus just letting them go and hoping for the best."
At about 4:30 p.m., police found a black Airsoft gun in a closet at Timberline, Ross said.
Initial reports said the gun was painted black, but Ross said that the only part of the plastic gun that seemed altered was an orange tip that was removed.
"Unfortunately, manufacturers make these so realistic that you don't have to do much to them," Ross said. "I thought it was a real gun myself when I saw it."
Room for improvement
Meetings among district employees, Timberline staff and police began last week to discuss what went well and what needs to be re-evaluated.
Overall, district and police officials said they were thrilled with the swift but calm response by everyone involved but that there is always room for improvement.
Some Timberline parents complained that information from the district was slow. But student safety took priority over disseminating information to parents, officials said.
"Our first priority is making sure everyone is safe," Haddad said. "We're not going to stop or slow the procedure so we can communicate a minute sooner."
The school is looking into a malfunction of the public address system, which broadcasted information inside and outside of the school when it was supposed to broadcast only inside.
"For example, when we say that we're still on lock down that could be misconstrued as if there was still an imminent threat when we might just be finishing our search and updating teachers and students," Haddad said. "That could also be a problem if there's someone who poses a threat outside of the building that's hearing those updates."
Longmont police are also evaluating procedures after the incident, Ross said.
Several members of the Special Weapons and Tactics team left a training session in Lafayette to assist with security at Timberline, Ross said. Many of them showed up wearing a mix of SWAT training gear and civilian clothing, Ross said, but the SWAT team was never activated.
"It wasn't needed in this case," Ross said. "But we may consider that in the future."
The department is discussing whether radio communications should be divided across multiple channels based on topic, which would make communication more difficult to monitor for the incident commander but easier for team members, he said.
In hindsight, Ross said, he should have called additional school resource officers to the scene from other schools and districts, like Boulder Valley.
"They like kids, they're good with kids and I think that could have been a benefit," he said. "It could have gone a long way in calming the students."
No one would wish for a situation like this, Ross said, but the situation launched productive discussions between authorities and the district and provided good practice.
"This is an amazing opportunity for all of us to put everything we've trained for into a real-life scenario where no one gets hurt," Ross said. "It's a blessing to learn so much from a situation where everyone was safe at the end."
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Children Receiving SSI, 2005
Summary and Introduction
In this report, children are defined as Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients under age 18. All average SSI payment amounts are based on the amount received in the month of the report, rather than on the amount due in the following month.
In December 2005, more than 1,036,000 blind and disabled children were receiving SSI payments. They made up 14.6 percent of the over 7 million SSI recipients. The data reflect an increase of over 43,000 child recipients since December 2004.
To be eligible for SSI payments as a child, an individual must be under age 18 and unmarried and must meet the applicable SSI income, resource, and diagnostic criteria.
The tables present a "snapshot" of selected program and demographic characteristics of children who receive SSI payments. Table 1 is based on 100 percent data. Tables 2–16 are based on 10 percent sample files. The source record for all of the files is the Supplemental Security Record (SSR).
Applications and Awards
In calendar year 2005, the most recent year for which complete data are available, the Social Security Administration (SSA) received almost 460,000 SSI applications for children. This represents 18 percent of the more than 2.5 million SSI applications received during that period.
Nearly 177,000 children were awarded SSI payments in calendar year 2005. This was almost 21 percent of the 846,000 persons awarded SSI in that period.
Historically, the percentages of both applications and awards for children have gradually increased. Both rates rose rapidly in the early to mid-1990s, after the Zebley v. Sullivan decision. They dropped off somewhat after welfare reform legislation was enacted in 1996. The number of applications for children has continued to increase since then, but their percentage share of all applications has gradually decreased. Both the number and percentage of awards for children have increased since welfare reform, with the exception of a slight decrease in their percentage of all applications in 2004 and 2005.
The average SSI payment to children in December 2005 was $518. This amount includes federally administered state supplementation, where applicable, but does not include any retroactive payments.
The states with the largest numbers of children receiving SSI were California, Texas, Florida, New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, North Carolina, and Michigan. Together they accounted for 54 percent of all child recipients.
Sixty-four percent of the children received an SSI payment of $579 in December—the maximum monthly amount of federal SSI payable in 2005 to persons with no countable income.
Demographic Characteristics
In December 2005, 15 percent of the children receiving SSI were younger than 5 years old. The remaining 85 percent were fairly evenly distributed by age.
Child recipients are more likely to be boys than girls, by about three to two. This is generally the same gender pattern found among adult disabled recipients.
Living Arrangements
Eighty-two percent of the children lived with their parent(s). Of those with other living arrangements, 13 percent were identified as living in their own household for purposes of determining payments. For the most part, these children lived with other relatives; in hospitals, nursing homes, residential schools, and foster care; or independently. Less than 2 percent were patients in a medical facility where more than half of the cost of their care is covered by the Medicaid program.
Nearly all (99 percent) of the children were U.S. citizens, either by birth or naturalization.
More than 66 percent were disabled because of a mental disorder, and the largest proportion of this group (20 percent) were mentally retarded. The only other sizable diagnostic category was diseases of the nervous system and sense organs (9 percent), which included all of the more than 6,900 blind children on SSI in December 2005.
The incidence of mental retardation as a primary diagnosis increased with age, from 3 percent of those under age 3 to 31 percent of those aged 13–17. A similar pattern appeared among those under age 18 with other mental disorders.
The only diagnostic categories with a significant difference between sexes were other mental disorders (52 percent of the males versus 35 percent of the females) and nervous systems and sense organs (11 percent of the females versus 8 percent of the males). There was no substantial variation between sexes in the other diagnostic categories.
Adult Recipients Who First Became Eligible for SSI as Children
In addition to the more than 1,036,000 recipients who are currently considered as children for program purposes, the SSI rolls in December 2005 included almost 681,000 adult recipients who first became eligible for SSI payments before age 18. Twenty-two percent of these recipients first became eligible during the 1974–1980 period and thus have been receiving SSI for much of their lives.
About 28 percent had income in December 2005, and most of them had only unearned income. The most frequent types of cash unearned income were Social Security benefits (7 percent) or support payments from an absent parent (13 percent). Another 1 percent were receiving income based on need (most commonly from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, formerly known as Aid to Families with Dependent Children, or AFDC), and 8 percent had some type of in-kind income that was considered for SSI purposes. About 72 percent of the children had no income reported on their record.
Parents in the Household
Almost two-thirds of the children (66 percent) were living with one parent, and 22 percent lived with two parents. Deeming of income from the parent(s) to the child recipient applies to these children. For the 12 percent with no parent in the household, parent-to-child deeming does not apply, and information about parents is not part of the SSI record.
One-Parent Household
Of the 66 percent of SSI recipient children who lived with only one parent, nearly all (95 percent) lived with their mother. Only 5 percent lived with their father.
For 45 percent of the children in a one-parent household, that parent had no reported income (the SSI payment is not considered as income in this analysis). Over one-third of the children (35 percent) lived with a parent who had earned income, and 24 percent lived with a parent who had unearned income. Mother-headed households showed about the same distribution, but father-headed homes were more likely to have earnings.
Even in households with income, the amounts were small. Twenty percent of the children were in homes with income under $200 in December 2005. Only 62 percent of them had income of $600 or more in that month. Children living with a father were more likely to have higher family income.
Two-Parent Household
The 22 percent of SSI children who lived with two parents were relatively better off economically than those living with only one parent. Eighteen percent of the former had parents with no reported income, compared with 45 percent of those living with one parent. Also, for 61 percent of children in two-parent households, the parents had income of $1,000 per month or more, compared with 23 percent of children in one-parent households.
Mothers in two-parent households were less likely to have income than were single mothers. Sixty-four percent of mothers in two-parent households had no income, compared with 46 percent of single mothers.
Parental Income
Over half of all SSI children (54 percent) lived in a household where the parent(s) received some type of income, which averaged $1,183 in December. About 37 percent of the children had one or both parents with earnings, averaging $1,499; 21 percent had some type of unearned income, averaging $367. The most common type of unearned income was public income- maintenance payments. Such payments include TANF payments, Department of Veterans Affairs payments based on need, and payments from other government programs.
Parent-to-Child Deeming
In households where the parent(s) of SSI children receive income, that income must be considered in determining the child's payment amount. This process is called deeming. Certain types of parental income are excluded from deeming (see 20 CFR 416.1161(a)). This includes public income-maintenance payments and any parental income used to determine the amount of those payments. In addition, allocations and exclusions reduce the amount used in the child's payment computation.
About 62 percent of the children subject to deeming had one or more parents with reported income in December. After all exclusions and allocations were applied, deemed income affected the payment of only 27 percent of these children. Children living with two parents (33 percent) were more likely to have their payment affected by deemed income than were children living with one parent (24 percent).


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First, we set up a bunch of access points: my $hub = IO::TieCombine->new; my $str_ref = $hub->scalar_ref('x'); my $fh = $hub->fh('x'); my $callback = $hub->callback('x'); tie my $scalar, $hub, 'x'; tie local *STDOUT, $hub, 'x'; tie local *STDERR, $hub, 'err'; Then we write to things: $$str_ref .= 'And '; print $fh "now "; $callback->('for '); $scalar .= 'something '; print "completely "; warn "different.\n"; And then: $hub->combined_contents; # And now for something completely different. $hub->slot_contents('x'); # And now for something completely $hub->slot_contents('err'); # different. ACHTUNG!! Because of a serious problem with Perl 5.10.0, output sent to a tied filehandle using "say" will not have the expected newline. 5.10.1 or later is needed. Since 5.10.0 is broken in so many other ways, you should really upgrade anyway. ACHTUNG!! Because of a different problem with Perls 5.10.1 - 5.16.3, if you send output to a tied filehandle using "say", and "$\" is undefined (which is the default), "$\" will not be restored to "undef" after the "say"! This means that once you've used "say" to print to any tied filehandle, you have corrupted the global state of your program. Either start your program by setting "$\" to an empty string, which should be safe, or upgrade to 5.18.0.
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Thursday, July 7, 2011
A One-Sentence Post on...New Snider
7 comments:
- sporkless said...
A Wally Joyner that can play centre field? Yah, I'll take that.
- July 7, 2011 at 12:22 PM
I was missing the one sentence posts. And I still think we can aim higher for Snider.
- July 7, 2011 at 12:48 PM
To those that have actually seen Snider play since his return... does his swing look better/different at all?
- July 7, 2011 at 2:07 PM
- QJays said...
One thing to keep in mind - Joyner, at the same age, hadn't played a major league game yet. Snider will be just fine (and maybe he'll be a reasonable CFer too).
On the swing - I honestly don't believe that AA et al jack guys around for the sake of doing so, and I lack the ability to see the finer points/mistakes in swings. So while I've read that he is crouching more, etc., I'll take their word for it that they were addressing a problem, and that they feel it has been addressed. I'm guessing the OPS over his next 100+ ABs compared to his last before being sent down is the better indicator.
- July 7, 2011 at 2:57 PM
Long term he will move to LF. He doesn"t have the range or arm to play anywhere else, but he can be a solid LF in the field.
- July 7, 2011 at 6:18 PM
I think he'll have way more power than Joyner.
Remember when Kansas City was a Big Market club signing guys like Wally Joyner and the Davis boys (Storm and Mark). That Mark Davis signing especially was awesome.
- July 8, 2011 at 7:34 PM
Snider keeps both hands on the bat, even during the follow through on his homer in CLE tonight. Looks like he has more time to start his swing, decide if its the pitch he wants.
Am I a hitting coach though? Hell no!
- July 8, 2011 at 11:15 PM


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