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Bryant & May: London's Glory Blog Tour with Christopher Fowler
Today Carole Finds Her Wings is once again hosting Mr Christopher Fowler, author of the Bryant & May series, as part of the London's Glory Blog Tour.
London's Glory is published in hardback by Doubleday on 5th November 2015 for £16.99.
It is the first-ever collection of Bryant & May short stories and it sheds light on eleven classic cases from the Peculiar Crimes Unit as well as containing everything you could possibly need to know about the octogenarian detectives Arthur Bryant and John May.
It also contains extras such as a guide to the characters in the PCU, a cool cut-away drawing of the PCU offices and access to the contents of Arthur Bryant's highly individual library. I loved these extras in particular – I have a thing for back-stories and maps. Tit-bits of information that you don't necessarily *need* to know but make the world and characters so much deeper – London's Glory is a brilliant companion to the Bryant & May series for fans but also a great introduction for readers new to the detective duo and the PCU.
I'm going to hand over to Chris now to tell us where his love of the Crime genre came from and what the challenges of writing Bryant & May are compared to writing other genres:
I suppose my love of the genre began young. I rarely watched TV as a child, but I did love 'The Avengers', where strange plots were the norm – the field in which rain drowns people, the village where nobody dies but the cemetery fills up, killer nannies, clocks with missing hours, houses that send you mad – and I failed to realize that these were Golden Age murder mystery plots transposed to the medium of television.
My mother was a great reader, and thanks to her I came to the classic mysteries I'd found in the library, with their academic eccentricities and timeless view of an England that never really existed. I wanted to try my hand at these stories and thought that if you're going to describe the investigation of a crime, you might as well have fun with it.
I did some more homework. I read Sexton Blake and Raffles, who were so chinless you had to wonder how they managed to put a pillow-case on by themselves, but the early French masters were fun because they were sometimes dashing, like Arsene Lupin, or weird, like Vidocq, and Fantomas. There were R. Austin Freeman's charming Edwardian mysteries featuring Dr Thorndyke, featuring the opposite of the Whodunnit, the 'inverted mystery', the How-Will-He-Be-Caught? puzzle. And there was Edmund Crispin, the spirited, funny man who composed six scores for the 'Carry On' films and wrote eleven joyous Gervase Fen books between 1945 and 1951. Fen is the crime-solving Professor of English Language and Literature, and assumes that the reader can keep up with him as he spouts literary allusions while cracking crimes over a pint. There were also the 70 mordant mysteries of Gladys Mitchell, starring pterodactyl-like Mrs Bradley. Mitchell was once judged the equal of Dorothy L Sayers and Agatha Christie.
Through all of these writers, and others like Margaret Millar and PD James, I fell in love with the genre.
The hardest part was accepting the fact that after writing a great many books I was once again starting on the first rung of a new learning ladder. Smart plotting wasn't enough; situations needed to be generated by character. Recurring staff members appeared pretty much fully-formed. The rest of the team had to have small but memorable characteristics; a constable with a co-ordination problem, a sergeant who behaved too literally, a socially inept CSM – you can't give them big issues if they're going to be in several books, because you don't want their problems to steal the spotlight from your heroes.
This year I won the Crime Writers' Association Dagger In The Library, which is given for a body of work, and finally felt as if the hard work had paid off. There's still a lot to learn and explore, but (like Bryant & May) I'm on the case…
If you want to know more about Chris and his new Bryant & May book London's Glory why not check out the other sites on the Blog Tour:
My previous interview with Chris can be found here: The Burning Man Blog Tour
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Q: Why must the base class object be a reference to call the derived virtual function? Why must the base class object be a reference to call the derived virtual function ?
   #include<iostream>
    using namespace std;

    class A {

    public:
        virtual void print() { cout << "Hello 1" << endl; }

    };

    class B : public A {

    public:
        int x;
        void print() { cout << "Hello " << x << endl; }

    };

    void main(){

        B obj1;
        A &obj2 = obj1;
        A obj3 = obj1; // Why it is different from obj2

        obj1.x = 2;

        obj1.print();
        obj2.print();
        obj3.print(); // ?

    }

A: When you assign a derived object to a base variable, it gets "sliced" into an instance of the base class; it's no longer an instance of the derived one.  That's necessary because the base variable only has enough space reserved for an instance of the base class; an instance of a derived class, with its additional data, won't fit.
When you use a reference, the object doesn't have to be copied into a smaller space, so slicing doesn't occur.

A: A obj3 = obj1; // Why it is different from obj2

Constructs obj3 by copying. In this case obj1 is upcast to an A type where obj3 in constructed from obj1's "A" parameters. This phenomena is known as slicing.
A &obj2 = obj1;

This line binds the reference obj2 to an instance of obj1. You've upcasted obj1 to an "A" by pointing obj2 to it. Keep in mind in C++ a reference is really just an alias. You've just given obj1 a different name where that name is bound to a base class type.
So A obj3 allocates and constructs a brand new object on the stack while A &obj2 just creates a reference/alias for some other thing that already exists.

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SCUFFLE IN THE PARK: After-School Fight Between Students Disrupts Church Square
Posted on November 10, 2017	in hNOW, News
An incident at Church Square Park on Thursday afternoon resulted in the arrest of a number of juveniles.
The altercation began around 3:00 p.m., when groups of students started scuffling in the park. The catalyst for the fight is still unclear, but it grew to involve nearly a dozen students. The initial motive was not robbery, but in the process of the fight a cell phone and $1o was taken by individuals involved, thereby upping the charges for those juveniles.
image via City of Hoboken
While the incident was certainly unsettling, Hoboken Police Chief Ken Ferrante told hMAG that there were no weapons involved, no hospitalizations, and no reports of any significant injuries.
The Hoboken Police Department (HPD) typically maintain a strong presence in the park, however, their personnel were redirected yesterday to assist with a medivac situation that required the closure of Pier A.
Pier A temporarily closed due to medical helicopter…#Hoboken pic.twitter.com/OBxofY9y86
— hMAG (@hMAG) November 9, 2017
HPD will be patrolling Church Square Park as usual today, and for the foreseeable future.
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Charise Creates: More crossed off the "to do" list!
More crossed off the "to do" list!
I've been in "getting ahead on my to do list" mode. Although Christmas is almost three months away it will creep up and I want to have plenty of time for my personal holiday sewing.
I finished Annabel's Orchard block for the Cocorico Bee. I designed it quite some time ago but had almost all day Sunday to work on it and was able to finish it today!
I'm really pleased with the way it turned out. I love this bee - it really stretches by design abilities.
The pattern is vintage Alice Brooks found on Ebay.
My collection of bee blocks that I have received totals somewhere around 16. I'm really looking forward to creating a quilt with them!
Charise, that block is amazing! The stem on the fruit bowl is knocking me out! Love it!
Wow another paper piecer pro! Really lovely!
These are stunning. I came here from Kerry's blog. Beautiful work!


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Brushed Vs. Brushless Motors: What are The Differences?
Written by Tito in Mechanic Talk,Tools and Equipment's Last Updated November 6, 2021
An electric motor is standard in most power tools that you may have in your workshop. Their primary purpose is the conversion of electrical power to mechanical force. You will see this component in power drills, electric saws, and car lifts. There are two types of electric motors, which is also our main topic, brushed vs. brushless.
Understanding the variance between the two types is critical in understanding their efficiency and learning how they work. Let us look at each of the motors to see which the best is in various situations.
The first part of our discussion introduces us to brushed motors. They run from a direct current power source and have been a crucial component in the relationship between electrical and mechanical forces. As earlier hinted, they turn the electrical current into mechanical rotation.
Brushed motors have been on the scene for a long time since their invention in the 18th century. They play a significant role in several mechanical applications. You find them manufacturing plants, like steel rolling and paper mills, and in the construction sector. Additionally, they are prominent in RC cars.
A defining feature of this type of electrical motor is the brush. It transfers current from the wires to the rotating parts. The brush is a carbon construction, mostly graphite due to its high resistance.
How a Brushed DC Motor Works
Key to understanding how a brushed DC motor works is knowing its structure and organization. There are four standard parts: the armature, permanent magnets, commutator rings, and brushes. The armature is the moving part consisting of coils with electromagnetic properties when exposed to an electric current. It also holds the shaft.
The armature will have a series of coils going around steel or aluminum plates to maintain the shaft's torque as it spins. Attached to the armature are the commutator rings. They contact the brushes and spin with the armature. The magnets make up the stator or immovable parts. They form a ring around the armature, with each side having an opposing charge.
The brushes pass electrical current from the wires to the coils in the armature. The current turns this structure into an electromagnet. Once powered, the coil gets attracted to the magnet with an opposite charge. When the current reaches the other brush, there will be a polarity reversal, making the other coil repel its adjacent magnet and attracted to the other.
This chain of reaction leads to the rotational movement of the coil-over structure. In short, a positively charged coil moves towards a negatively charge permanent magnet and vice versa.
Brushless motors have been on the scene since the 19th century, though their popularity soared around the 1960s. They also go by electronically commutated motors and differ from the brushed varieties by lacking a set of brushes. Furthermore, the structure looks like the reverse of brushed motors. In this case, the stator consists of the coils, while a permanent magnet is an armature or rotor.
In place of the brush and commutator rings, the motors have a controller. Brushless motors receive much praise due to their efficiency, with many preferring them over the brushed type.
How a Brushless DC Motor Works
On how a brushless DC motor works, it is the opposite of the brushed motor. The electric current on the relay wires goes directly to the coils via a controller. The controller aids in the adjustment of the amplitude and phase of the direct current pulse. Subsequently, it gives you control over the speed and torque of the motor.
When the current powers the three-phased coils, they turn into electromagnets. The coils will cause the permanent magnet rotor to move through attraction or repulsion forces. At times, it is a combination of both, which boosts its efficiency.
The sensor is another essential part of the brushless motor. It detects the rotor's position and sends the information to the controller. In turn, the controller energizes the coils, focusing on specific timing and positioning. This is essential in regulating motion.
Brushed Vs. Brushless Pros and Cons
Brushless or brushed motor? A look at their respective advantages and disadvantages will guide you on knowing which the befitting one is.
Pros of Brushed DC Electric Motors
A standout advantage of brushed electric motors is the low cost of constriction, as it has a simple structure. It translates to affordability when acquiring them. The other impressive thing about the brushed version is that rebuilding is possible and effortless. Rebuilding this component improves its life and performance.
This type of electric motor is ideal for heavy and extreme conditions. It explains its continued use in industries like steel rolling and paper mills.
A major downside to the brushed motors lies in maintenance. It is both hectic and costly, as the brushes may wear out fast. For efficiency, you need to replace the brushes. It is also less efficient compared to the brushless. On efficiency, we look at speed and acceleration, and torque.
The brushed DC motor is also pretty noisy. This can be a nuisance to those who want a peaceful working environment. Furthermore, it produces too much heat when it runs. Excessive heat hastens the rate of wear and tear.
Pros of a Brushless Electric Motor
The brushless electric motor has many advantages, explaining why many people are shifting to it. Its top redeeming factor is efficiency. It is fast, operating perfectly at different speeds and weight load limits. Maintenance is straightforward as it lacks brushes.
Additionally, brushless electric motors produce minimal sounds. As such, working with them is manageable. This type of motor has impressive thermal management characteristics. It does not overheat when running. Moreover, you will notice that they are light, translating to comfort when handling machines operating on such motors.
A downside you cannot overlook is the cost of brushless electric motors. They are pretty pricy, though the cost is justifiable, courtesy of their attributes. In addition, there is the risk of demagnetization of the permanent magnet due to temperature fluctuations. It requires care to prevent the loss of magnetic properties.
Brushless Vs. Brushed Drill
A drill is a standard in the mechanic's toolbox that comes in handy in creating holes for various fixtures. The brushed vs. brushless Ryobi discussion is an excellent starting point to see the type of drill to pick. Brushed drills perform well and are affordable. If you are on a tight budget, a brushed DC motor drill is a worthy option.
Brushless Ryobi drills are professional-grade tools that assure you of the best service. They are lightweight, meaning handling is stress-free. The motor is fast, with ample torque, enhancing its usability. The sound is low and won't be a nuisance as you use it. Apart from the relatively high price, the brushless electric motor drill is the go-to choice.
Brushed Vs. Brushless Performance
Performance-wise, we will have the brushed vs. brushless RC crawler motor debate for guidance. Brushed motors have been common in RC construction. They are cheap, and by RC standards, very reliable. Furthermore, they have excellent throttle control, essential for slow-speed driving, like rock climbing or load towing in rough terrain.
Brushless motors made their way to the RC scene, with many enthusiasts buying into them. Noticeable attributes of this electric DC motor are durability, speed, torque, and ease of maintenance. You can pick either of the two motors for your RC, depending on the intended use.
Brushed Vs. Brushless Inside Views
Going inside brushed and brushless electric motors will give you a clear picture of how they function. Here, you see variations in their respective components and their functionality. Brushed motors have a coil-over armature that comes in contact with a set of brushes on the commutating rings. Surrounding the armature are permanent magnets.
On the other hand, brushless electric motors do not have brushes. A permanent magnet is an armature, while a set of coils form the stator. In brushed varieties, the coil rotates between permanent magnets, while on the other one, a permanent magnet rotates between a ring of coils.
Brushed Vs. Brushless Price
A crucial area to touch on the brushed vs. brushless DC motor topic is price. The former is cheaper than the latter, with its simple construction being a contributing element. Despite its price is low, maintenance may be pricey, especially for industrial-grade ones.
The brushless motor price is high, but you get a better value. It is durable and practicable, assuring you of the best service.
What Is The Difference Between Brushless And Brushed?
Brushless and brushed motors perform the same function of turning electrical energy into mechanical rotational power. However, they have contrasting structures. Brushed have a set of brushes that are the electrical conduct point between the wire and armature, connecting to it via commutator rings. Surround the armature is a set of immovable, permanent magnets. The electric current turns the armature into an electromagnet, and opposing magnetic forces make it turn.
Brushless motors, as their name hints, lack brushes. Instead, they have a controller for current regulation. The armature is a permanent magnet with wire coils surrounding it. When current passes through the coils, they become electromagnets, causing the magnetic rotor to rotate.
Q: Is Brushless Better Than Brushed?
When picking a motor for your equipment, you have a choice of brushed and brushless. Brushed motors have been around for a considerable time and use a brush to relay electric current. Some of the perks of this motor are affordability and a simple structure that allows for rebuilding.
Brushless motors have had a popularity surge in the last few decades. Despite being expensive, they are effective, with low sound and heat production, lightness, and speed. When you compare brushless' attributes against its competitor's, you see it takes the top spot.
Q: Are Brushless Motors Faster Than Brushed?
On the brushless vs. brushed motor subject, speed is a feature put into consideration. The former is faster, making them more functional. The higher speed is due to its lack of a brush, which can cause friction and resistance and reduce the shaft or rotor's speed.
Q: How Long Do Brushed Motors Last?
A downside to brushed motors is the fast wear rate of the brushes. These parts are essential in running the motor, and if worn, the motor may stall. Averagely, the brushes can serve you for 1000 to 3000 hours. You should regularly check on the brushes and maintain the motor to improve their service life.
Q: How Long Do Brushless Motors Last?
A factor that many people appreciate about brushless electric motors is their long service life. Reports indicate that brushless motors can last up to twice the timeframe of brushed motors. As such, on average, brushless motors can last from 3000 to 6000-hours. With proper maintenance, primarily focusing on shielding the motor from heat, you can add more hours to the figure.
Q: Are Brushless Tools Worth The Extra Money?
A discouraging thing about brushless tools is their steep price tag. The good thing is that it is a justified value, giving you the best from your spending. A brushless tool guarantees you power, durability, comfort, and speed. These are critical factors to look at when getting any power equipment. So, yes, brushless tools are worth the extra money.
Brushless and brushed motors power different power tools in our garages and workshops. In this piece, we look at their differences, giving you an idea of their functionality. Brushless motors emerge victoriously in this discussion when looking at each of their respective features. However, brushed motors are excellent for RC'ing and are affordable.
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Donegal firm's expansion could bring 200 new jobs to Sion Mills
Wednesday 1 July 2020 17:12
WEST Tyrone could be in line for a major jobs boost with news that a Donegal firm is looking to establish a base in Sion Mills.
According to a local MLA, Ballybofey-based Mulrine's of Donegal are proposing to bring 200 new jobs to the area by setting up at the former Herdman's Mill complex in the village.
Established in 1919 and with almost a century of experience behind them, 'Ireland's premier juice production company' currently employs a workforce of more than 160 people.
As well as its headquarters in Donegal, the company has other major sites in Ireland and the UK including its orchards in Kidare and a milk production facility in Wales.
This week, SDLP West Tyrone MLA., Daniel McCrossan, revealed that talks between the mill owner and the company are at an advanced stage.
He said that due to the significant economic challanges posed by Brexit, company owners P Mulrine and Sons, have been looking to establish a base north of the border and Sion Mills topped a shortlist of three.
Mr McCrossan, who has been involved in the discussions for 18 months, says the investment will not only create jobs but will ensure the long-term future of the historic mill site and provide stability for local sporting organisations.
"It has taken months and months of negotiations to get to this stage and I'm happy to have played a vital role so far in working with all stakeholders. I have full faith that this deal will be completed soon," he said.
"P Mulrine's and Sons are a well established company, celebrating their centenary last year. They are a large employer in the North West and we are excited by the proposal for Sion Mills.
"A main priority for me has been creating much needed local jobs while also preserving the rich history of Sion Mills along with its sporting facilities. This three strand approach is vital to ensuring the successful completion of this deal."
The news follows on from confirmation last week that Sion Swifts and Sion Mills Cricket Club have both secured agreements for the long-term leasing of the Brae pitches and Holm field respectively.
'Massive boost'
He added: "200 new jobs for the area is a massive achievement given the current climate businesses are operating in. This will be a massive boost for the entire area by providing well paid jobs.
"This proposed deal will also see local sporting organisations, including Sion Swifts and Sion Mills Cricket Club, secure long term leases which is of huge benefit to the local community."
The huge 62-acre site had been owned by the Herdman family for over 170 years. At its height, the mill once employed more than 1,000 staff.
It ceased spinning linen in 2004 and the company that owned the mill went into receivership in 2011.
The site was then bought by Euromillions winner, Margaret Loughrey in 2014 following her huge win.
Mr McCrossan said the news represents a "sea change" for the area and paid tribute to Ms Loughrey who, he said, who had worked tirelessly to ensure a positive result.
"This represents a sea change for the local area and is a massive boost for our local economy that has been struggling over COVID. I'm delighted to have played a key role in ensuring that this deal will be delivered for the local community.
"I would like to thank all stakeholders involved so far. In particular the director of Ray Mill Ltd (Margaret Loughrey) who has worked very hard to ensure a successful outcome and a positive result which will see our vision for Sion Mills realised," he added.
When contacted about the plans, the company's managing director, Malacy Magee said: "The company doesn't comment on any deals that we are involved in whilst negotiations are ongoing."
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The Defense Rests
Fangraphs has added a helpful weighted defensive aggregate number that takes into account the four popular defensive metrics out there right now.
As a refresher, two of the three major defensive metrics, Ultimate Zone Rating and Defensive Runs Saved, share a similar methodology — people from Baseball Info Solutions watch every play of every game, divide the field into zones and determine whether a play would have been made or not by an average fielder in that zone, and then credit the fielder with +1, -1 or 0 plays above average, depending on whether he made the play and how easy it was. The total figure is then converted into the now-familiar Runs Above Average linear-weights scale that is used as the basis for Wins Above Replacement.
There's still a lot of dispute about defensive stats and their reliability, and rightly so.
For one, even their advocates acknowledge we need about three years of data to have the same reliability as one season's worth of offensive stats. Otherwise, by looking at a single-season of UZR, for example, to determine the defensive prowess of a particular player, you're doing the same thing as looking at the April-May stats of a hitter and determining whether he's any good. For another, although it's an advanced metric, the number is based fundamentally on human observation — at least until Hit f/x data become widely available — and is therefore susceptible to the same bias that is often cited when those who argue for using advanced metrics criticize the traditional ways of analyzing the game. And, finally, before 2002 the only defensive numbers we have are traditional stats like total putouts, assists, chances and errors and sometimes more advanced data like batted ball type and fielder for each putout. Depending on what data are available, Total Zone uses a mathematical formula to estimate each fielder's defensive ability relative to average all the way back to the beginning of the sport. It's generally considered not as reliable, but it's also not absurdly off on any key players either.
So there are a lot of caveats with defensive metrics. I try to avoid making sweeping characterizations about a player's defense unless: 1. All the metrics agree on a general range of goodness or badness. 2. These agree with the general observational consensus.
This is why I don't have any problem saying Derek Jeter is a bad fielder.In his 16-year career, Total Zone has ranked him better than average three times, none better than +5 runs, and significantly below average (-10 runs or worse) seven times. In the nine seasons since 2002, UZR has listed him better than average twice and significantly worse than average twice. In the eight seasons of DRS since 2003, that metric had him above average once and significantly below six times. DRS is something of an outlier — it says Jeter has been nearly as many runs below average since 2003 (114) as Total Zone says he's been his whole career (129). Since 2002, UZR says Jeter's been 42 runs below average, while TZ says he's been 58 below. What most people do, given the discrepancies, is average the three metrics together. All three metrics have been around since 2003, and since then, their average is about 66 runs below average, a little more than seven runs per season below average. That sounds reasonable, as very few people outside the (widely discredited) Gold Glove voting body dispute the consensus that Jeter is a below-average fielder. In this case, observation lines up with the statistical consensus.
We could do that for any number of players who have reputations like this. Manny Ramirez has a -106 TZ for his career, a -114 since 2002 from UZR and a -71 since 2003 from DRS. Andruw Jones has a +242 career TZ, a +125 from UZR since 2002 and a +80 from DRS since 2003.
Even Total Zone, which is the least accurate (but the only one we've got for the years before 2002), shakes out the way we'd expect. The leaders in the fielding component of WAR, which is what Total Zone is, have the top 10 and bottom 10 fielders in baseball history worked out this way:
Andruw Jones
Mark Belanger
Carl Ystrzemski
Joe Tinker
I have no reason to dispute those very much.
Gary Sheffield
Manny Ramirez
Bernie Williams
Ricky Gutierrez
Bobby Bonilla
Danny Tartabull
Juan Samuel
Eddie Yost
I suspect some would take issue with a couple of these, but again there's no obvious mistake here. So there's a degree of confidence with the defensive measures, though again they need to be used with some caution.
So, back to the reason, I started this post. Fangraphs has taken the mathwork out of averaging the defensive systems, providing for the first time an Aggregate Defensive Rating that weights these three metrics equally for all seasons from 2003 to the present and adding for 2009 and 2010 a lightly weighted Fans Scouting Report defensive metric. The Fans Scouting Report is a Tom Tango project that invites baseball fans to rate baseball players on the familiar 20-80 scouting scale in a number of areas under the "wisdom of crowds" theory. It provides a counterbalance for players the metrics may be misreading for whatever reason (and that does happen, as we'll see shortly) and allows for observation to play a greater role than it already does in this particular branch of sabermetrics, but the weighting keeps it from being a game-changer. When it's included, the ADR weights the four numbers on a 3/3/3/1 scale.
With that said, here's what the ADR looks like for the Sox and Yankee starters for 2010 and, where possible, an annual average of the past three seasons:
Carl Crawford, LF, +14, +16
Dustin Pedroia, 2B, +6, +9
Adrian Gonzalez, 1B: +4, +5
J.D. Drew, RF, +3, +4
Mike Cameron, OF, +2, +3*
Kevin Youkilis, 3B, +1, +1*
Jed Lowrie, SS, -2, +2
Marco Scutaro, SS, -4, +4
Jacoby Ellsbury, CF, -7, -0*
TOTAL: +17, +44
* Because Youkilis, Cameron and Ellsbury all had limited time in the field/at their 2011 position last season, I added their 2010 and 2009 ADRs together, then averaged that figure in with the previous two seasons (Cameron) or the entirety of their careers at that position (Youkilis and Ellsbury). Catchers don't get an ADR because their position doesn't work with the way UZR and DRS get their core data.
On to the Bronx:
Brett Gardner, LF, +18, N/A
Mark Teixeira, 1B, +4, +9
Ramiro Pena, IF, +3, +1.5*
Nick Swisher, RF, +2, +1
Andruw Jones, OF, +2, +0*
Robinson Cano, 2B, +2, -0
Curtis Granderson, CF, +1, +0
Derek Jeter, SS, -10, -3
Alex Rodriguez, 3B, -3, -3
TOTAL: +19, +5.5 (+20.5 if we give Gardner another +15 season)
* Jones and Pena have sample size/multiple position issues, so I added their ADR across all their 2010 positions, then averaged that against their combined ADR for the previous one (Pena) or two (Jones) seasons.
The Yankees didn't make many changes outside of bringing in Jones, so what you see is what you get. Gardner is an unknown; his fielding was very good and looks to stay that way, but we won't know where that number will stabilize for another year or two. There's some hope in Yankee quarters that A-Rod's fielding will improve as his hip heals; I'm not sure how realistic that is. For him and Jeter both, there is the age factor. At some point, you stop regressing to the mean as much as you decline. On the other side, you could expect Teixeira to provide better value than he did in 2010 on offense and defense, and none of the other five were really all that different from their three-year averages last year.
The Red Sox are replacing a +11, +14 fielder in Adrian Beltre with a probable league average defender in Youkilis. Beltre also provided +33 runs of offense, and replacing him with Youkilis actually provides a better chance for that to happen again; Youkilis exceeded that in 2008-09 and nearly matched it despite missing two months in 2010 (prorate his 2010 batting runs to a full season and you get +43 runs, essentially erasing their defensive difference). Across the diamond, Youkilis was a +3, +4 defender at first base, while Gonzalez is slightly better. On offense, Gonzalez provided +39 runs in 2010 and has averaged +40 runs since 2008. Add all that up, and you get Beltre/prorated-Youkilis in 2010: +90 runs on offense and defense. If the Sox had prorated-Youkilis at third and Gonzalez at first in 2010, they would have posted +87 runs. Three runs difference. Essentially even. And that assumes park factors adequately account for Gonzalez shifting from a severe pitchers' park to a severe hitters' park; it's safe to say they did not for Beltre, small sample sizes notwithstanding. Everyone else for the Sox is a combination of injured players now healthier or young players (hopefully) improving. The gap between their 2010 defense and three-year total is astounding; like most other things about this team, the upside is tremendous.
Only two more weeks, and we can start finding out for real.
by Paul SF on March 17, 2011 in General Red Sox, General Yankees, Predictions and Projections
"…This is why I don't have any problem saying Derek Jeter is a bad fielder.In his 16-year career, … That sounds reasonable, as very few people outside the (widely discredited) Gold Glove voting body dispute the consensus that Jeter is a below-average fielder. In this case, observation lines up with the statistical consensus…."
would it be too much to ask to have a moratorium on discussion of jeter's defensive suckiness for a little while?…i thought this post was going to have a totally different focus until i got to that paragraph…again and again we've said we realize you and tom tango don't like his game…and all i had to do was look at the player rankings to see where he stands…he apparently is the 9th worst fielder in baseball history…i never would have guessed that, even with using the "least accurate" measurement available…after we play a few games, if he starts hurting the yankees defensively, or even offensively, then you can pummel him mercilessly…and i won't say a word ;)
"….Only two more weeks, and we can start finding out for real…."
exactly, that's why they play the games rather than letting statistic-based projections determine the outcome…who knows, maybe the juggernaut sox will implode, then fizzle harmlessly to the finish line, while the lowly, aging, overrated yankees will exceed the statistical expectations, which shouldn't be too hard given how low they are…heck, they might even win the whole thing ;)
i'd like to get the season started too paul…by the way, thanks for all the work you put into this and all the other posts…
dc March 18, 2011, 8:55 am
"would it be too much to ask to have a moratorium on discussion of jeter's defensive suckiness for a little while?"
Who cares dc? He obviously doesn't suck. And no amount of stat-nerd posturing changes that. Just let it go dude.
We all know that Jeter is overrated and sucks…right into the HOF on the first ballot. :)
krueg March 18, 2011, 10:17 am
"We all know that Jeter is overrated and sucks…right into the HOF on the first ballot"
Nobody argues that.
Brad March 18, 2011, 10:27 am
In the list including Jeter and Samuel, is there a reason why they are the only infielders on that list? I know you didn't make the list, just seems weird that only 2 IF's on the list.
With all due respect if I am reading that correctly you are saying there has never been worse fielders according to this equation than the ten guys on that list? So Jeter is a top 10 worst defender of all time? This has reached new heights.
Maybe that's not what is being said…I don't know.
John - YF March 18, 2011, 11:08 am
John, it's not so unbelievable. Most defenders have moved to easier positions by the time they're in their mid-30s. Jeter is still playing pretty much every day at shortstop, which is incredible for a 37 year old. I can't really think of too many other SS in baseball history who could do that. But his poor defense still counts against him. It doesn't mean he's one of the worst defensive players in baseball history, just that he's been a below-average defender for a really really really long time.
There have certainly been much worse defenders to play in the major leagues, they just didn't play nearly as long as Jeter did, because they either sucked so much at defense they were physically incapable of playing the position, or (more often) they didn't have the bat to get the playing time Jeter has.
Jeter's going into the Hall based solely on his bat and career longetivity. I don't think any of us have any illusions on that front.
AndrewYF March 18, 2011, 12:08 pm
My last extended engagement on this site was a discussion with Paul about jeter's defense, but was literally pulled away by revolution in Egypt – where we have our biggest office. That a player who has ranked 2nd, 1st, and 1st among all shortstops in fielding percentage the last three years; had the second fewest, fewest, and again fewest errors of all SS's over the past three years; and ranked 1st and 1st in ZR among all SSs in 2009 and 2010 (no stat for 2008 where these stats come from – espn.com) is among the 10 worst feilders of all time is – well – tiresome to debate if nothing else. Paul is the most statisticlly-gifted among the commenters here so I don't doubt he can and would poke holes in these stats vs. those stats or in this source vs. that source, but regardless, I simply ain't buying worst 10 of all time. I do find it amusing to consider that Nick Swisher is as valuable defensively relative to other RFs as Robinson Cano is relative to other 2B, or am I reading that wrong?
IronHorse (YF) March 18, 2011, 12:34 pm
I find it funny that we are supposed to take all these stat-nerds numbers as some kind of gospel…but then disregard the people who actually play/coach at the highest level i.e the Gold Glove voters.
I'll side with the actual baseball people than some dude in his basement crunching numbers he made up.
As has been said, this is such a tired argument. I'm glad we have #2's horrible defense in our infield.
Did Jeter steal a girlfriend from you or something Paul??? ;)
krueg March 18, 2011, 12:56 pm
kreug doing his best Murray Chass impression I see…
AndrewYF March 18, 2011, 1:02 pm
IronHorse, just a few points.
Fielding percentage is not a good statistic to use for total defensive value. Jeter could stand still and make only the plays that come right at him and have a fielding percentage of 1.000. But all those other balls that he didn't even try for would get past him and he would (rightfully) be considered to be a huge negative in the field. Same goes for errors, which I think is just the other side of the coin. I think we can agree on this, yes?
It should be said that most metrics agree that Jeter did actually have an above-average defensive year in 2009. That in itself is an achievement. Along with his bat, Jeter may have put up the second-best age-35 season for a shortstop in the modern era of baseball. So there's that.
But Zone Rating has been shown to be a horribly inaccurate defensive statistic, completely outclassed by every other mentioned statistic there. You can't just pick one obsolete statistic and use it to prove everything else is wrong. It's like using RBIs to show a .800 OPS player is a better hitter than a 1.000 OPS player.
Paul isn't saying that Jeter is the worst defensive shortstop to ever take the field. Not even close. He simply compiled a list of the total defensive runs given away, and Jeter is 8th-worst. A lot of this has to do with simply how many innings Jeter has played at the position. It's astounding. If you believe that, over his career, Jeter is a below-average shortstop, then nearly 20,000 innings of (overall) below-average defensive play at shortstop simply adds up. I would bet dollars to donuts that there are hundreds of shortstops who, if you made them play the position for as long as Jeter has, would put up far worse defensive statistics. Carlos Guillen comes to mind. Imagine Nomar at shortstop past age 30. But Jeter remains viable (below average, but still viable) in the field, so he keeps accumulating below-average defensive statistics.
I had to look up who Murray Chass was…and I still don't get the reference.
It's cool though andrew. I hope I am someday as bad at something as Jeter is at playing defense. :)
krueg March 18, 2011, 1:38 pm
I did a little more digging…I see. I think the difference is I just really don't CARE about all these stats because I really don't care that deeply about baseball…
I just think it's silly to try and find someway to denegrate Jeter over, and over, and over, and over again. Is the guy Ozzie Smith? No. Is he one of the 10 worst of all-time? Come on. Seriously?
Understood Andrew, both on value of the specific stats I cherry-picked and on the cumulative impact of a very long career of below average defense, though in Jeter's case, I'm not sure that further explanation comes into play yet since – if I understand correctly – the most recent years, when one would expect deterioration and therefore a dragging down of career stats, are in fact among Jeter's best years – defensive-stat-wise that is.
Of course, Jeter is not just standing still and reliably fielding the balls that are hit right at him. And for whatever the attacks on his lateral range, particularly to his left, the guy's reliability in effectively reaching balls vertically – both charging and going into the outfield – has always seemed strong, at least as judged by watching the games — not sure if range stats get disagregated for different vectors.
Regardless, while it's sort of a shame that Paul's insightful post has turned into yet another Jeter-debate (there's a lot more interesting suff in here to discuss, pull apart, and argue about), it's also what you can fully predict would happen when the urge to gratuitously bash Jeter is once again not resisted.
IronHorse (YF) March 18, 2011, 2:25 pm
well perhaps i'm partly to blame for that IH…as i pointed out, i thought the post would have a different focus until i saw an entire paragraph devoted to jeter's defensive inadequacies…something we've discussed ad nauseam on too many previous occasions…i said the last time we debated that i would resist defending jeter…it's pointless…but alas, like paul, i couldn't resist…it may be discounted by others that he only fields cleanly those balls he gets to, while many other balls, that presumably other ss's would have fielded, skip by him, but i say so what?…if statistics show that jeter has limited range laterally compared to others that play the same position, who cares?…the way i continue to look at this is that it's a team game…every player has some sort of weakness…once we can accept that, we have to decide does that players weakness materially hurt the team, or does his overall contribution offset that to the extent that the total package is a net asset and help produce the desired results…the fact that jeter has generally been considered, even by the same folks that think his defense sucks, a key contributor to the yankees success over the past 16 years, and the same consensus thinks he is a first ballot hall of famer, is all i need to know…since i guess it's open-season again on taking jabs at each other's teams, i'm wondering how many for sure hall of famers are on this current version of the red sox…how about 0, unless you throw in the manager who will be a sentimental favorite for ending the 86 year drought in '04, followed up by the encore in '07, as if to prove the first one wasn't a fluke…
Andrew hits the nail on the head with regards to this metric. It's like saying Tim Wakefield is the best Red Sox pitcher of all time because he has the most wins. He's just had plenty of time to accumulate them all.
Jeter may be a poor defender, but nobody is saying that he sucks overall. He's always had a fantastic bat and most Sox fans would have loved to have him on their team for the last 16 seasons (with the exception of 2010).
Atheose - SF March 21, 2011, 1:00 pm
i'm wondering how many for sure hall of famers are on this current version of the red sox…how about 0
Come on, DC.
If the Red Sox went out and paid Jr and a few other 40yr old HOFers out of retirement, would that make them a better team? :)
Brad March 21, 2011, 2:30 pm
I also don't think anyone is "taking jabs" at anyone here.
Paul listed a bunch of stats that portrayed Jeter in bad light. Should he have ignored the fact that Jeter appeared on the list just to avoid the pissing match from his fans?
If Paul had said "Jeter isn't on this list, but I still think he sucks", I'd get behind the "jabs" comment, but I don't think he was doing that. He's only listing more stats to back up an argument that we are all aware of his stance on.
"…I also don't think anyone is "taking jabs" at anyone here. …"
sure it is brad…it's a whole paragraph devoted to jeter…we keep hearing it over and over, again, and again, and again…if that's not jabbing, i don't know what is…we get it…
"…If the Red Sox went out and paid Jr and a few other 40yr old HOFers out of retirement, would that make them a better team? :) …"
nah, you're right, you guys just keep hanging on to guys like wakefield, varitek, beckett, and papi ;)
dc March 21, 2011, 3:26 pm
We will. I mean, everyone needs a backup catcher, a guy capable of throwing 160 inning a year for less than 3M bucks, a guy who still hits 30HR a year, and a pitcher capable of winning any game he starts. I hardly think keeping Beckett and Ortiz could classify as "hanging onto". That's just stupid. It's like me saying that the Yankees are "hanging on" to AJ Burnett and Joba Chamberlain, right?
If you wanna like Jeter's defensive skill set, then fine. Most don't, and that's their choice too. Where is the issue here? The baseball world isn't out to get Jeter, just poke holes in the logic most use to assess him. Just like they do with every single other player.
"sure it is brad…it's a whole paragraph devoted to jeter"
It is YFvSF. How boring would it be to discuss the defensive liability of the Brewers players? Jeter making this list not only further solidifies the argument against Jeter, but it's also something that gets the folks on this site talking.
I don't care one way or the other. I love that Jeter is still the SS in New York, and have made no secret of that.
"…If you wanna like Jeter's defensive skill set, then fine. …"
i didn't say that brad, but if putting those words in my mouth makes you feel better about your argument, fine…all i said was that paul and others continue to harp about jeter's defensive flaw, his range…i'm just saying that some of us, well me anyway, are tired of hearing about it…what could have been a thought provoking post about defensive metrics in general with the opening line: "…Fangraphs has added a helpful weighted defensive aggregate number that takes into account the four popular defensive metrics out there right now…."
suddenly turned into yet another obsessive indictment of jeter's flaw, with a whole paragraph devoted to that one player…if you read my earlier comments, i said "so what" that he is lacking in one area…the overall package is sufficient to have led to a hall of fame career…it's the same tired argument repackaged over and over every week or so…and yes, it might be boring to discuss brewers players, so we could discuss how the red sox bullpen blew 21 saves last season [8 of them by your closer] and ranked 23rd in bullpen era…i mean, there are other topics right?…
it's the same tired argument repackaged over and over every week or so…and yes, it might be boring to discuss brewers players, so we could discuss how the red sox bullpen blew 21 saves last season [8 of them by your closer] and ranked 23rd in bullpen era…i mean, there are other topics right?…
Yeah, I suppose you win. Can't argue that at all.
Brad March 22, 2011, 8:48 am
so we could discuss how the red sox bullpen blew 21 saves last season [8 of them by your closer] and ranked 23rd in bullpen era…i mean, there are other topics right?…
dc, are you saying that the Sox-fan moderators on this site don't criticize the Red Sox? Because they do that plenty.
No, he's not. He's diverting the attention away from Jeter by screaming "well look, the Red Sox suck too" mantra.
Paul presented statistical evidence that upheld his, and most folks, belief that the only thing worse than Jeter's range and ability to field the ball is his contract, so in retort, dc sank to the 'ol "i know you are but what am I" game.
He even goes as far as to call the Red Sox "hanging on" to players like Papi and Beckett who are both clearly past their primes, regardless of the Red Sox notorious reputaion for not showing loyalty to anyone and cutting ties nearly every instance when a player moves past what he once was.
But, whatever: I've said it dozens of times: I absolutely love the fact that Derek Jeter is still playing SS (and now batting 2nd no less) in NY.
when in reality, this post wasn't meant to harp on Derek Jeter (at least, that's not how I took it), but any evidence ever presented in the history of presenting evidence that suggests Derek Jeter in negative light is immediately met with resistance and temper tantrums.
Red Sox suck!!
go back and read what i said before you comment guys…id never said jeter's game wasn't flawed…really, it's there…
no ath, i'm just saying that a disproportionate amount of space is devoted to jeter criticism, and it's getting old…i mean, what's the point?…jeter envy?…he wins an award so you discredit it…i understand that…but there are other topics to discuss, including those that don't paint the sox in such a flattering light…i only threw the bullpen topic out as an example…show me the post where that was discussed…
"…No, he's not. He's diverting the attention away from Jeter by screaming "well look, the Red Sox suck too" mantra. Paul presented statistical evidence that upheld his, and most folks, belief that the only thing worse than Jeter's range and ability to field the ball is his contract, so in retort, dc sank to the 'ol "i know you are but what am I" game…."
boo, brad…not fair to pull that diversion, speaking of diversions…the fact that you suggest that i was "diverting the attention away from Jeter" indicates that you agree with my complaint…a generic, potentially interesting discussion of defensive metrics digressed into yet another tired commentary on jeter's shortcomings…yawn…come on man, you and i have come a long way, let's not regress…like you indicated, this site is about arguing the merits of our respective teams, hopefully objectively…let's talk about how joba's been messed up some more, or your potential disaster at catcher, whatever…and i didn't say that the post was "intended" to harp on jeter at its inception, but a whole paragraph, really?…just like a whole post to discuss arod's popcorn eating habits all seems a bit obsessive…you had to bring up the contract…sheesh…sometimes we have contracts that don't seem so good…if you want to talk about who's contract is a potential albatross, you still have beckett as exhibit A, since i guess you guys are finally done paying julio lugo…we had that discussion too…jeter is overpaid, but it's as much for the legacy and sensitivity to what the fans want…you guys have cut ties rather easily with former players, but it's been a long time since you've had a player of his stature, and no one during the henry regime comes to mind…but it's your right to disagree…that's fair…frankly all of the jeter bashing suggests, to me anyway, that he is still very relevant, and very much on the minds of sox fans…you're enjoying his decline…can't say as i blame you…i've enjoyed watching papi struggle, beckett have a lost year, varitek become irrelevant, and papelbon implode…good stuff if you're a fan of the other team…
You summed up the way I've felt about all this stuff in that one post.
Well done dc.
(beginning the slow clap to build to a standing ovation…)
aww, dc. You should know me well enough to know when I'm just busting your balls, bro.
And yes, the Jeter argument is tiresome and like the payroll one, never goes anywhere, but that doesn't diminish the effort Paul put forth in this post. In fact, I think the stat is very interesting, no matter who it points out.
Jeter >>> new age defensive statistics
My goodness. Sorry I missed all the fun. I was out of town for a few days, and sick/injured family members have kept me off the grid for a couple more.
I don't think I really have all that much to add, except that Andrew hits the nail on the head regarding defensive stats in general and Jeter in particular. Regarding one point Krueg made about the Gold Glove voters, I'll reiterate a point I made toward the end of another of these debates: The Gold Glove voters once gave an award to Rafael Palmeiro, who had played all but 18 games at designated hitter. Pointing to their judgment to defend Jeter is like pointing to Sarah Palin to defend John McCain's decision-making prowess.
I didn't intend to make this a big Jeter debate, though I guess I figured some would object to the things I said about him. I intended that as kind of a final word, so I'll let it stand.
I was hoping people would discuss more the prospects for the Sox and Yanks defensively in the coming year. Will there be improvements, regression, stagnation? Who is going to surprise us, either for good or bad?
The numbers make me pretty excited. I think it was either Cameron or Keri in a Fangraphs chat who said that the Red Sox could have the best defense in baseball; these numbers don't make me reject that possibility. I think the key would be how good Ellsbury truly is — he's had two full seasons, one with great numbers and one with poor ones — and how well Youkilis takes to playing third base full-time.
Paul SF March 23, 2011, 2:58 pm
"The Gold Glove voters once gave an award to Rafael Palmeiro, who had played all but 18 games at designated hitter. Pointing to their judgment to defend Jeter is like pointing to Sarah Palin to defend John McCain's decision-making prowess."
Right. So you and your stat-folks know more about players than the men who actually play/coach the game at the highest level? Interesting.
So you and your stat-folks know more about players than the men who actually play/coach the game at the highest level? Interesting.
Well, I think I know enough to avoid giving the Gold Glove to a designated hitter. Your appeal to authority essentially means that we should trust "the men who actually play/coach the game at the highest level" that Rafael Palmeiro was so good in his 18 games as a first basemen that he deserved his award.
Or, perhaps we could recognize that those who coach/manage have more important jobs than considering the best defenders at every position on the diamond, especially since the majority of them play for teams they will see only a handful of times over a six-month period.
Perhaps they don't have much time left over after dealing with clubhouse issues, injury concerns, lineup decisions and in-game strategy for their own teams to consider whether Alexei Ramirez is a better shortstop than Derek Jeter. Perhaps, given the maximum number of times they see any one opposing player in the field is 18, they don't have that great a view of who has consistently been good over the course of 162 games and who has not.
Terry Francona will see Derek Jeter in the field no more than 18 times in 2011. He then will be asked to decide based on those 18 games — in which Jeter may be injured, slumping, making adjustments or simply not have all that many balls hit to him — whether he is better or worse than 12 other starting shortstops, none of whom he has seen for any longer, and nine of whom he has seen significantly less, some as few as six times.
Is your argument that because Terry Francona is a very good manager, he can accurately rank the AL's 15 starting first basemen, 15 starting second basemen, 15 starting shortstops, 15 starting third basemen, 15 starting catchers, 45 starting outfielders and 75 starting pitchers in order of defense based on seeing them in no more than 10 percent of their games while he manages his own team?
Yes. That's exactly what I'm saying. And I think you are really selling Francona short if.
And when it comes to Raffy…well mistakes are made. Maybe it was a mistake to give Jeter the Gold Glove, but I find it hard to believe these men have so little integrity, that they just choose sentimental favorites?
couple of final thoughts:
i did think the post overall was good work as usual paul…in fact i said so in the closing line of my first comment…
no brad, i didn't realize you were kidding…sorry man…losing my touch…
gold glove?…yeah, i've said it has minimal value…ignoring the palmiero fiasco for a second [who obviously won that one on reputation], i guess it still can be an indicator that a guy plays good defense…before all this zone stuff came along, all voters understood was number of errors, fielding percentage, top 10 highlights, stuff like that…jeter ranks fairly well with that criteria…kind of like the mvp used to be given to the player with the most hrs and rbi's, even on a losing team…
jeter in general? all i really asked for was a short moratorium on jeter's defensive inadequacies, because we get the point…he's still a key contributor to the yankees success over the past 16 seasons, and apparently still very popular:
http://aol.sportingnews.com/mlb/story/2011-03-23/derek-jeter-tops-list-of-mlbs-best-selling-jerseys
i'm fairly certain that this entered into the yankees thinking when they resigned him to an above market value contract…he's popular, has played well, his hustle has never been questioned, and as far as we know his reputation is spotless…
paul, i do have a technical question about "zone"…is it 2 dimensional or 3 dimensional?…i ask that, partly tongue in cheek, because taking 2nd base for a moment as an example, cano is listed as 6 ft, while ped is listed as 5-9 [maybe in high heels ;) kidding]…anyway, if the 2nd base "zone" is simply a flat 2 dimensional square or triangle laid on the field, it does not take into account those balls that a taller infielder might reach, in essence expanding his zone, much like the guys with better lateral range expand the width of their zone…i guess i'm saying that a more accurate metric would take into account the 3rd dimension…no?
DC, good question. I looked it up. Fangraphs has an excellent UZR primer, which says that line drives and popups on the infield are ignored because who fields or doesn't field them pretty much depends on luck.
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/the-fangraphs-uzr-primer/#8
Paul SF March 24, 2011, 9:29 am
I find it hard to believe these men have so little integrity
It's not about integrity. It's about reputation when there isn't enough time or inclination to look at anything else. As we all know, some reputations are deserved, and some are not.
Paul SF March 24, 2011, 10:23 am
Weren't the Sox supposed to have the best defense in history last year? How'd that work out? Weren't they supposed to be a pitching and defense masterpiece? Where did they rank inn both at the end of the year?
The left side is very weak IMO. When's the last time Youk was a full time 3B? Scutaro is trending in the wrong direction. And Crawford's range is completely wasted in Fenway.
Meanwhile what the heck are they thinking at C? How long before Saltys yips resurface?
Playing in Fenestration the Sox live and die on offense.
Michel Richy March 24, 2011, 10:57 am
How'd that work out?
You must have missed the part where their starting first baseman, second baseman, left fielder and center fielder all had season-ending injuries while their starting shortstop and right fielder played through injuries for which they otherwise would have missed time.
I'm curious about this "completely wasted" thing with Crawford, given 1. range includes side-to-side movement, not just ability to go back on balls and 2. the Red Sox will play half their games outside of Fenway. Whatever the case, the fact that he's too good for Fenway, which is essentially the argument, does not equate to a "very weak" left side. Neither does Scutaro's "trend" of -1, 9, 7, -4 ADR since 2007 indicate anything other than the aforementioned injuries he played through.
Youkilis, as I said, is the only big question on the left side, and he's played third base on a full-time basis as recently as 2009, when he spent half the season there in place of Mike Lowell and provided positive defensive numbers. I think there's a non-outrageous expectation that he can be league average defensively at third, which is all the Sox need.
Right you can't predict baseball. And exactly why the guys you're counting on for 100 wins can't be counted on. Scutaro isn't going to get healthier. Ellsbury is suddenly going to turn it around when they signed Cameron to replace him in CF? Yuouk is going to be no where close to his previous self. Catcher is a huge blind spot and has been.
Plus you need consistent pitching. I don't see it. Lester is great but Buchholz was hit lucky. How can you predict what you'll get from the rest?
Michel Richy March 24, 2011, 12:00 pm
exactly why the guys you're counting on for 100 wins can't be counted on
Yayyyy, strawman!
oy ;)
thanks paul for the link re. "vertical zone", i guess i'll call it…
i.e. Jeter sucks defensively, right???
I'm not saying he's the best, but he certainly isn't the worst. These same stats say Tex isn't a great firstbaseman…which is why I put no credence in them. They just seem like a haven for haters.
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In the end, it's a pretty good drama that brings you in with the characters.
University DocReviewed in the United States on December 21, 2016
Great action survival film on its own! Highly recommend!
On it's own this is a great action film about survival in the desert. If you're not familiar with the original one don't fret. This one is almost as good. A team of oil workers are flying across the desert when they encounter a violent sandstorm that sends them hurtling down into the desert. Next is the fight for survival. How they do it is one for the books. The female actress in not a romantic interest and instead is just one of the guys, which I appreciated. Great story and cast.
Highly recommend this one. If you enjoyed the first one, don't compare this one. If you enjoyed this one, don't compare the original. Watch each on its own merit and you'll find them both enjoyable. Audio and video quality are consisstent throughout.
Amazon CustomerReviewed in the United States on November 16, 2021
It would have been better had they grounded this movie indefinitely.
There are so many things wrong with this movie that it's hard to know where to start and when to end. They've taken a masterpiece and turned it into a "coming of age" movie for adolescent acting adults. The only people who will give this mediocrity more than two stars are those who haven't seen the original with Jimmy Steward as the pilot. Where is it written that black actors are to be portrayed as badasses who look like they spend seven days a week at the gym, even when they've been in the desert for weeks? And we can do without all the profanity and the self-congratulatory fist-pumping and bumping. Even Harrison Ford couldn't have saved this movie.
Anita DunniganReviewed in the United States on October 9, 2021
Great Film
Luckily I did not see the original. So I had nothing to compare it to. I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. At the beginning two groups of people didn't really like each other. By the end of the movie, after struggling to survive together, they had camaraderie and genuinely cared for each other. It's a movie about hardship and individuals working together for the good of the group.
Looking for the RainbowReviewed in the United States on October 19, 2021
Hardy Kruger Where Are You When We Need You?
The script ignored the characters' motivations. None of the characters were particularly likeable, so who cares whether they got out of the desert? One star off. Also there wasn't enough of the characters working together showing what they were actually doing as in the original film. Another star off.
Bruce WinningReviewed in the United States on November 19, 2021
a real adventure
I like the unusual story. I'm inspired by the perseverance. I like the shooting even though there was not much. I like the explosions. I wouldn't watch many movies that are just adventurous. The 5.1 surroundsound added very much to the intensity.
Arizona SportsmanReviewed in the United States on December 28, 2021
Great movie
This was very well done. It was exactly what a movie like this is supposed to be. Entertaining period. Believable dialog, good writing, decent acting. Provides some action, some suspense - I realize this is a remake, but it was modernized well. Best of all? No politics, no glorified statements, just a good story and done well.
ragingfieldmouseReviewed in the United States on August 16, 2018
was O.K.
Pretty much agree w/what infinite loop said below. No where was it as good as the original . Kept waiting to see the effects of dehydration , exposure & sleep depredation . But the stars seemed like they had a day at the beach . Can't fathom why they spent all the time & money to remake a classic , then fail to come close to the intensity . Next they'll remake The Red Tent w/hot chocolate , quilts & a teddy bear instead of a polar man eater.


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Saving gig from live mode corrupts the sound.
1.) Created a new gig in standalone gigedit.
3.) Added a region on C3.
4.) Added a velocity dimension split in eight zones.
6.) Loaded my newly created gig in LinuxSampler and opened the plugin gigedit.
7.) Added the samples to the zones.
8.) Sat the unity note for all dimension parts to C3.
9.) Made sure everything sounded fine.
11.) Now everything sounds weird.
as expected. Don't know if this is a bug in gigedit or linuxsampler.
now. I'll keep the report open until I hear if it works for you.
at C3, added one sample to the gig and first zone, saved it.
sample to the gig and second zone.
3) Hit the C3 key on my keyboard lightly, producing the first sample as expected.
Initializing 3rd party services needed by gigedit.
Unable to cache sample - maybe memory full!
Forget that. I haven't built you fix yet!!! Sorry.
the adding of samples in live mode that's causing the corruption and now segfault.
Will now proceed to save the gig before hitting any keys.
1) Add a region and a sample to the gig in live mode.
3) Add a second sample to the gig and the new region.
4) Saving it using "Save".
5) Loading the new gig in LinuxSampler.
> 1) Add a region and a sample to the gig in live mode.
> 3) Add a second sample to the gig and the new region.
> 4) Saving it using "Save".
> 5) Loading the new gig in LinuxSampler.
edited in memory meta data that doesn't match with the sample data in the gig.
in a gig on disk and what LS thinks is in the gig, is a bit confusing to a user.
> > 1) Add a region and a sample to the gig in live mode.
> > 2) Saving it as a new file using "Save as" (have to, it's an "Unsaved gig"
> > 3) Add a second sample to the gig and the new region.
> > 4) Saving it using "Save".
> > 5) Loading the new gig in LinuxSampler.
> > 6) Works dandy.
data, but it will _not_ crash, right?
> data, but it will _not_ crash, right?
No, it has never crashed for me.
CVS. Please check if those fixes finally resolve this issue!
haven't investigated that part of code in LS yet.
should immediatelly be able to use the new samples while playing.
Considered to be fixed from my side now.


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After 20 years with CareFirst Blue Cross/Blue Shield and four years owning/managing/operating my own cafeterias and catering business, my husband and I semi-retired to the South. We also live part-time in the mountains of Boquete, Panama in one of the houses we built at Boquete Gardens.
Blogging came at the perfect time in my life: I had just moved across the country, closed my business, was experiencing empty nester syndrome since both girls were away at college, plus my husband was mostly in Panama working. I was at a crossroads in my life and ready for something new. Blogging combined all of the things that I like: photography, travel, social media, history, food, and writing. I am so glad to have found something that I am passionate about and feel incredibly lucky to share my experiences with you. I hope that you will like following along with my adventures in this new chapter of life.
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Continuing on with the Sinatra app we started in part one, we'll now add some more pages and connect to a database.
Then, in the views folder, create a file called: about.erb and add whatever content you would like. You could use the same procedure to create other static pages, too.
Before we move on, let's add some more functionality. What if we wanted to write our static pages using Markdown?
First, we need a gem to help us. I'm going to use rdiscount. There are others, so feel free to experiment.
Then run bundle from the command line (make sure you have moved into your project folder).
We are asking for our file to be transformed from Markdown into HTML. And, we are specifying that we want to use the layout file that is already set up.
That will use a layout file called post.erb assuming it exists.
Back to our Markdown implementation. You have no more to do now, aside from writing your content. Your Markdown formatted content will be handled automagically.
Let's assume that we are going to create a blog. That means we'll need a database of some kind. That also means we have to think about the platform the site will run on.
Sinatra runs on rack, a standard interface for Ruby web frameworks. Since Heroku runs rack apps well, it makes sense to plan our deployment to it.
That decision also decides something else for us. Heroku uses PostgreSQL for it's main database, so that's what we'll use too.
Then, back on the command line (and in your app folder), run bundle to install the gems.
Now, we can add the connection string to PostgreSQL. If you need a guide to setting up PostgreSQL on your Mac read this.
You can see here that the production version will connect to your Heroku database when you've deployed the app. Otherwise, you'll connect to your local PostgreSQL installation and a database name of your choosing.
This assumes that your database table is called posts and you have a field named created_at.
We are just looping over the list of posts that will be rendered as HTML. This line of code: <%= post.body.truncate(150,:separator => ' ') %> uses some Ruby magic to truncate the post body.
This code: <a href="/view/<%=post.urlword%>">Read creates a slugged url so that you have SEO friendly links.
You can see that we are asking for the URL parameter that I've named link. This will contain the slugged name for our post.
Then, we use active record's find_by_fieldname method to retrieve the post from our database.
That means @post will have our record in it. We can access it like this (for example): <%= @post.title %> to display the post title.
Now, you have a basic but complete Sinatra application that connects to PostgreSQL and queries it for blog posts.


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All set for creation of Telangana : Kingshuk Nag జూలై 28, 2013
Posted by M Bharath Bhushan in Identity, regionalism, Sonia, Telangana.
Tags: elections 2014, Kiran Kumar Reddy
Creation of Telangana: Details emerge, Hyderabad to be a Union territory
Kingshuk Nag, TNN, July 28, 2103
HYDERABAD: Hyderabad is likely to be a Union territory for five years and will act as joint capital of the two states to be created out of the bifurcation of the present Andhra Pradesh.
The Union territory will be administered by a lieutenant governor. The governor of the Telangana state will be the ex-officio lieutenant governor of Hyderabad in these five years. A proposal to this effect is going to be put up to the Union cabinet before August 5.
The cabinet will meet after the Congress working committee and the UPA steering group approves a proposal to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh. Highly placed sources privy to the proposals told TOI that the cabinet will also take a final call on whether to create Telangana or a Rayala-Telangana state. The former will consist of the ten districts of Telangana and the latter proposal envisages the addition of two Rayalaseema districts — Anantapur and Kurnool to the proposed Telangana state. Interestingly, the Andhra part of the bifurcated state will be called Andhra Pradesh.
Sources told TOI that Congress party bosses are hopeful of completing this process within a week because Parliament convenes for the monsoon session on August 6. A bill might be presented in this session itself. Meanwhile, with Kiran Kumar Reddy having already resigned, a new chief minister for integrated Andhra Pradesh to oversee the process of bifurcation will be appointed. In all likelihood the new incumbent will belong to Telangana. However with intelligence reports suggesting that there will be major trouble in the Seemandhra region in the wake of the announcement, it seems inevitable that President's rule will be clamped in the state till the process of bifurcation is complete. Much of the trouble is expected to be fomented by interested parties although spontaneous outpourings are not unexpected. (మరింత…)
Delhi donna, August 5 జూలై 26, 2013
Posted by M Bharath Bhushan in Congress, Telangana.
Tags: CWC, elections 2014, Sonia
Cong puts Telangana on fast track, final decision awaited
HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times New Delhi, July 26, 2013
The Congress has put the contentious Telangana statehood on the fast track, with all available indications so far suggesting that the top leadership is in favour of creating a separate state.
The final decision, however, on carving out Telangana from Andhra Pradesh, is awaited.
"The consultation process is over. Now await the decision of the party as well as the (Congress-led) UPA government," Congress general secretary in-charge of Andhra Pradesh Digvijaya Singh said after a meeting of the party's core group on Friday.
The final call will now be taken by the Congress Working Committee (CWC), the party's highest decision making body. Though the date for the CWC meeting is yet to be fixed, it is widely expected to be held before the commencement of the monsoon session of Parliament on August 5 (మరింత…)
"For God's sake, don't divide Andhra Pradesh", Kiran tells AICC జూలై 26, 2013
Posted by M Bharath Bhushan in Andhra, Congress, elections.
Tags: 2014 elections, Kiran Kumar Reddy
'For God's sake don't divide AP', Kiran tells AICC
J. Balaji, New Delhi, The Hindu, July 26, 2013
Kiran also quotes from The Hindu-CNN survey to claim Congress can win poll
"For God's sake, don't divide Andhra Pradesh", the Congress could do better in the 2014 Lok Sabha and AP Legislative Assembly polls even without giving Telangana, Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy is said to have told the party leadership here while reiterating his stance for maintaining a united AP at any cost.
He even quoted the reports of "The Hindu-CNN-IBN Election Tracker Survey 2013" relating to AP to buttress his argument that the poll prospects of the party would not come down even if the separate State was not carved out. As per the survey, the Congress leads the overall vote share percentage with 32 (as per July 2013 estimated vote). (మరింత…)
Nature of Telangana movement & vision for Separate Telangana- Prof Rama Melkote జూలై 19, 2013
Posted by M Bharath Bhushan in 1969, Economy, Identity, politics, regionalism, Telangana, TRS.
Tags: Rama Melkote, TJAC
The disillusionment is now total. Some of us had our own doubts about any decision by the Congress now. Yet there was a flicker of hope. I feared more suicides when no decision was taken. And it has happened, I hear.
I would like to share some of my thoughts on the issue.
In all our innocence, we believed that the Congress will keep up its promise of granting Telangana. Time and again we have been deceived. One only has to look at the history of the Congress party, more particularly since the seventies. It has played politics in the most undemocratic way, never kept up its promises, used repressive methods to curb dissent, suppressed social movements, promulgated more and more repressive laws to deal with the 'naxalites' all in the name of security. Claiming to be a secular party, it did not hesitate to use the police, the army against a community, the Sikhs. The destruction of Babri Masjid is a blot on the Nation and its secular constitution. It's so called anti poverty, populist policies eventually ended up in neo liberal policies, in politics of globalization. In every way, the secular, democratic principles of the Constitution of India have been systematically violated. However, we cannot ignore the fact that it is the peoples struggles that have opposed the repressive State to sustain democracy, rights and freedom of the people, at least to some extent.
I think we need to understand the Congress party's position in the case of Telangana. We all know the history, the marginalization of Telangana after the merger with the Andhra State. The two different trajectories of the rise of the ruling elite in Telangana and the Andhra region need to be understood. The rise of a confident, economically powerful elite/ bourgeoisie in the Andhra for various reasons, its assertion as a class, its demand for its own state in the name of Telugu identity, the demand for Visahalandhra, point out to its ability to assert itself politically. In Telangana, the people's struggle for their rights, the anti feudal, peasant armed struggle, the police/ army action eventually led to the 'independent' state of Telangana. What was the nature of the ruling elite/class in Telangana? It was not economically powerful nor was it a politically assertive class. It could have become one, evolved into a bourgeois elite, if the merger to form the State of Andhra Pradesh had not taken place. It is this weakness of the T elite, its subservience to the Andhra elite that is manifest even to this day. What else can explain their refusal to resign from the government and align with the peoples struggle? The desire for retaining political power, even as a subservient ally of the Andhra ruling class is closely linked to their own financial interests. I think we need to factor these into our analysis of the present situation. (మరింత…)
Congress sees no gain in separate Telangana జూలై 17, 2013
Posted by M Bharath Bhushan in Congress, elections, KCR, politics, regionalism, TRS.
Telangana statehood: Cong sees 'no gain, only loss'
Aurangzeb Naqshbandi , Hindustan Times New Delhi, July 14, 2013
The Congress has yet again resorted to dawdling on the Telangana statehood issue, leaving it to the party's highest decision-making body, the Congress Working Committee (CWC), one more time after about 12 years.
According to a section in the party, the CWC may come out with an announcement before the monsoon session of Parliament, likely to start after August 15.
But pushing it back to the CWC after it passed a resolution on the setting up of the second states reorganisation commission in 2001 created doubts among the Congress leaders from Telangana.
A senior leader from the region claimed that this time, the Congress leadership was willing to consider the demand, but was forced by the leaders from Seemandhra — coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions — to defer it.
They cited Friday's core group meeting, in which Andhra chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy voiced concern over the possible rise of Maoism in the region once Telangana was created. He also argued that it would be extremely difficult to divide the state's resources.
This is not the first time that the Congress has delayed a decision after the UPA government announced on December 9, 2009, that it would soon initiate the process of creating a separate Telangana state, but was forced to step back following violent protests in coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema. (మరింత…)
Srikrishna Committee, Digvijaya Singh report, and July 12, 2013 జూలై 10, 2013
Posted by M Bharath Bhushan in agitation, Andhra, compromise, Congress, elections, Identity, politics, TRS.
Stalemate on Telangana likely to continue
BV Shiva Shankar, TNN Jul 9, 2013
Hyderabad: The stalemate over Telangana is likely to continue even after the Congress core committee to be called to address the vexed issue as consensus among leaders of three regions of Andhra Pradesh on division of the state is still elusive. As the Congress high command has invited chief minister, deputy chief minister, and PCC president with their reports to the core committee meeting, they are apparently ready with their proposals which are said to be divergent.
The CM Kiran Kumar Reddy, PCC president Botsa Satyanarayana, and deputy chief minister Damodar Raja Narasimha represent Rayalaseema, Andhra, and Telangana respectively and they have prepared their part of reports only to safeguard their own regions.
Kiran Reddy is expected to argue for the united state and a special financial package for Telangana. Sources close to him said he had even assured the Congress high command that the party would get over 160 assembly seats under his leadership in the next elections if the state remains undivided. And he is going to aver that there was no separatist sentiment even in Telangana and the issue was being just played up by some politically motivated interests. (మరింత…)
Telangana- politics of poetry జూలై 8, 2013
Posted by M Bharath Bhushan in 1969, agitation, Culture, Identity, politics, suicide, Telangana, Telugu (తెలుగు).
The politics of poetry
K. Damodar Rao, The Hindu, July 6, 2013
The author explores Telangana poetry, whose origin and goal is revolution.
The Telangana movement offers a classic example of the oppressor-oppressed equation in that a coloniser need not be a foreign ruler. In the post-independence situation, he could be a neighbour with power and voice. Telangana's intellectuals, writers, activists, poet-performers, employees and students are actively engaged in this process of decolonisation. These are the 'Frontline Formations,' providing strength and substance to a people's movement.
In the 1969 Telangana agitation, and again since the year 2000, hundreds of people, especially the youth, lost their lives. . A poet captures the agony of a mother who has lost her son: From shrunken breasts/I offered life-source./Will you go like that without a bother for me?('Dear Children!' by Narayana Swamy)
The merger of the region into the state of Andhra Pradesh in 1956 was a source of trouble from the beginning. Vajjala Shivakumar portrays what this meant for the people here: All mergers are not unions/For the meeting point of two opposite poles/there is no fusion-measure./In the irreconcilable juxtaposition/word will not have value,/greetings will not last long. (మరింత…)


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