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89. USGA Introduce New Team Selection Guidelines
The USGA have today announced the introduction of automatic selections to their international team selection process.
These new guidelines will be used for the first time for the men's and women's USA teams that will compete in this September's World Amateur Team Championships in Ireland.
They will then be adopted for the 2019 Walker Cup Match and 2020 Curtis Cup Match. The selection of the 10-man 2019 USA Walker Cup team will now take place in two segments in the preceding August: –
1. a) The top 3 ranked USA players in the WAGR (as of early August and before the U.S. Amateur)*.
2. a) The 2019 U.S. Amateur champion*;
2. b) The 2019 Mark H. McCormack Medal winner (Men's WAGRTM No. 1 / announced immediately after the U.S. Amateur Championship)*; and
2. c) The remaining selections, which will include at least one mid-amateur (25 years and older) player, will be decided by the USGA's International Team Selection Committee (ITSC).
*subject to the respective players being U.S. citizens and / or remaining amateur these individuals will now be automatically selected.
The USGA's ITSC will continue to place primary emphasis on playing accomplishments, rankings and awards over the past two years, with particular focus on results in USGA competitions. It will also continue to adhere to an overarching guideline that a player named to any of its teams must have an unquestioned ability to appropriately represent the USA and USGA with character, sportsmanship and integrity.
The ITSC consists of 10 members, including representatives of the USGA Championship Committee, Executive Committee and international competition staff members. It is currently chaired by Martha Lang, who has competed in more than 60 USGA championships and is a former Curtis Cup player (1992) and captain (1996).
The Walker Cup captain will not have a formal vote on who makes the team but will provide "significant input" behind the scenes.
John Bodenhamer, USGA senior managing director of Championships & Governance, said: "Adding these elements of transparency to our selections helps players understand the process and aspire to earn coveted spots on these top teams."
The USA Team will defend the Walker Cup at Royal Liverpool in Hoylake, England, 7-8th September 2019.
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ABSTRACT - The argument is presented that a useful choice of analysis of bargaining communications in marketing should be two or more communication turns between two or more parties in the exchange. Such communications are likely to include discretely packaged blocks of interactions and breaks and connections between such blocks. The concepts of official and unofficial identity negotiations may be useful in labeling a few of the blocks of interactions. These concepts are defined and examples provided from tape recordings of buyers and sellers meeting in natural settings. "Being there" is advocated as a necessary part of research programs to study bargaining behavior in marketing communications.
Arch G. Woodside and James L. Taylor (1985) ,"Identify Negotiations in Buyer-Seller Interactions", in NA - Advances in Consumer Research Volume 12, eds. Elizabeth C. Hirschman and Moris B. Holbrook, Provo, UT : Association for Consumer Research, Pages: 443-449.
The argument is presented that a useful choice of analysis of bargaining communications in marketing should be two or more communication turns between two or more parties in the exchange. Such communications are likely to include discretely packaged blocks of interactions and breaks and connections between such blocks. The concepts of official and unofficial identity negotiations may be useful in labeling a few of the blocks of interactions. These concepts are defined and examples provided from tape recordings of buyers and sellers meeting in natural settings. "Being there" is advocated as a necessary part of research programs to study bargaining behavior in marketing communications.
Extant content analytic systems for analyzing bargaining communications call for dismembering verbal or written exchanges of buyers and sellers and placing the separate utterances into categories (e.g., Bonoma and Rosenberg 1975; Pennington 1968; Willett and Pennington 1966; Angelmar and Stern 1978; Bales 1968; Pettigrew 1975). For example, building directly on the work of Bonoma and Rosenberg (1975), Angelmar and Stern (1978) develop eight categories of semantic units of each party's turn in a bargaining conversation.
While the analytical schemes used by Olshavsky (1973), Angelmar and Stern (1978), and others (e.g., Willett and Pennington 1966; Taylor and Woodside 1979) are useful, the violence done in uncoupling an exchange of turns between communicators needs to be considered. The referenced content analysis schemes use something less than exchanges as units of analysis. Classifying a communicator's verbal or written turn as a promise or into another bargaining category without relating the turn to the other party's response is similar to listening to one hand clapping. Such analytic schemes fail to capture the essence of marketing exchanges.
The choice of analysis of bargaining communication in marketing should be two or more communication turns between two or more parties in the exchange. Bargaining communications in marketing are likely to include discretely packaged blocks of interactions and breaks and connections between such blocks.
14) repair mechanisms for dealing with turn-taking errors and violations obviously are available for use. For example, if two parties find themselves talking at the same time, one of them will stop prematurely, thus repairing the trouble (Sachs, Schegloff, and Jefferson 1978, pp. 10-11; Morley and Stephenson 1977; Morley 1978).
Exchanges between insurance salesmen and prospective clients are used in the present article to describe what the parties do in such interactions to juggle their official and abstract identities with informal and personal identities in the course of their conversations. Schenkein (1978; 1971) first called attention to the "identity negotiations" which are likely to occur in seller-buyer encounters. "Whatever else they might or might not share, such encounters are made up of talk between strangers who might know one another only as local versions of some abstract identity like 'salesman' or 'client.' For these encounters, strangers not only conduct their business under the auspices of their official identify relations, but they also negotiate into the unfolding of their encounter eminently personal identities from their separate biographies" (Schenkein 1978, pp. 57-58).
Both official and unofficial identity negotiations are likely to occur in buyer-seller interactions of the type described, i.e., between a life insurance salesman and prospective client meeting for the first time. Similar negotiations are likely to occur in industrial marketing, distribution channels, and in retail transactions involving expensive items.
Official identity negotiations are two or more conversational turns between parties which provide some information about one of the parties and comment by the other party related directly to the main purpose of the meeting (e.g., selling and buying insurance). Official identity negotiations help to specify the rather abstract identities of "salesmen" and "client" characteristics of the Parties in the meeting.
Unofficial identity negotiations are two or more conversational turns between parties which provide some information about one of the parties and comment by the other party not directly related to the main purpose of the meeting. Attempts by salesmen to use "referent power" (French and Raven 1959) by first learning and commenting to the client on the similarity of a planned, unofficial, identity negotiation.
Several hypotheses can be developed and tested concerning the frequencies and sequences of occurrence of each type of identity negotiation relative to the purchase and satisfaction outcomes of buyer-seller meetings. The purpose here is to describe several examples of such negotiations, how they might be classified into discrete blocks of exchanges, and report on the separate interpretations a salesman and buyer offer later to identities earlier negotiated between them. In several instances, conjectures and other comments are offered with the examples.
Excerpts of conversations from several buyer-seller meetings were transcribed from a study (Taylor and Woodside 1980) of exchanges of insurance salesmen and customers which occurred in natural settings. A total of 40 salesman-client parties was included in the study. All face-to-face meetings of the salesman and client for each of the 40 parties were tape-recorded. The second author accompanied each of 3 salesmen on sales calls to collect the data. Each client was requested to permit the tape recording "for a study of conversations among persons meeting for the first time." A total of 15 customers purchased life or health insurance and 25 did not during the meeting and taping of the exchanges, details are reported in Taylor (1977). Given the wealth of data produced, only a few of the recordings have been transcribed. A long excerpt of one conversation is available elsewhere (Woodside, Taylor, Pritchett, and Morgenroth 1977).
C: I have one son who will take over the business someday.
S: How old is he?
S: So it won't be for awhile before he's ready to take over. Ha, ha.
Such four-turn action sequences are very common in the conversations among the 40 customer-salesman parties and for both official and unofficial identity negotiations.
Though not always present, a question by the second party is a common identifying feature of the Pass. The following exchange illustrates the presence of a question in the Pass in a Us (unofficial identity negotiation of the salesman) in the same meeting as the U just reported.
S: When I was in the military I was out at Fort Knox.
Us and Uc occurred commonly during the first 1 to 5 minutes of the first meeting between the salesmen and clients (Taylor and Woodside 1980). Us and Uc are likely to be planned specifically to occur by the salesman as a method for developing referent power over the customer. Thus, Wilson (1977) hypothesizes that the first time period of a dyadic customer-salesman exchange is devoted to source legitimization attempts by the salesman. This may include attempts by the salesman to induce Os, Oc, Us, and Uc. "Unless this basic acceptability [of source legitimization] is developed, further communication tends to be ineffective if not impossible" (Wilson 1977. p. 36).
Identity negotiations require the willingness of both parties to participate in the exchange. While such negotiations can be stopped during the action sequence, specific changes in the topics of conversation nearly always occurred after participating in the full Puzzle-Pass-SolutionCComment sequence, in the meetings of the 40 customer-salesman parties. Thus, it may be that some action sequences are organized to resist interruptions, and with even an unwilling participant, they run to completion, as first noted by Schenkein (1978, p.74).
Examples of discrete blocks of exchanges believed to represent Os, Oc, Us, and Uc are provided from different salesman-customer-parties in Tables 1 and 2. The exchanges shown are taken from the same meeting. Different customer parties and two salesmen (A or B) are included between the tables.
More than a confirmation is provided in the third term in the Oc in Table 2: "I make all the decisions for this shop, but he does as far as the corporation goes." Thus both confirmations and/or "Identity-Rich Solutions" (using Schenkein's term) may be offered as solutions to a prior Pass or Candidate Solution. The willingness to provide Identity-Rich Solutions versus Confirmations only may be an indication to the other party, especially the salesman, of the likely outcome of the meeting.
The first part of the Os in Table l, "I've been with Protection Life for 5 years now, and ..." is a tentative presentation of a Puzzle by the salesman which received no verbal response from husband and wife as customers. The salesman continued the turn then but changed the subject from himself to the customers and presented a direct Puzzle in the form of a question: "Are you familiar with Protection Life" [disguised name]. The Comment by the wife (WC) in the second turn, "More or less" appears to be ignored by the salesman. The Pass is followed by an Identity-Rich Solution in the third turn by the salesman. Any Pass by the customer is likely to follow with this solution, is one conjecture which may be reasonably suggested. Only the provision of a Candidate Solution in the second turn in place of a Pass is likely to change the contents of the third turn.
The original start of the Puzzle in Os in Table 1, "I've been with Protection Life for 5 years now, and ...," includes a pause indicated by the three dots. The pause allowed time for the customer to start a conversation turn and participate in an Os. The customer did not participate in an Os, i.e., the negotiation attempt by the salesman failed. The salesman immediately executed a restart that was a more direct Os, "Are you familiar with Protection Life?" than indicated by the original start.
"Are you familiar with Protection Life?" may be better classified as a start to a discrete block of exchange to help establish source credibility, i.e., the company is trustworthy and capable, rather than an ¦s Distinguishing characteristics of company versus salesperson specific official identify negotiation can be made. Both, one and not the other, or neither sometimes occurred in the meetings tape-recorded.
The Comment in the fourth turn of the Os in Table 1 is followed by a comment and a transition to a new conversation topic by the salesman leading to an Oc. The salesman announced to the customer that he wanted to learn a great deal of information in the next few minutes of the meeting before the Oc occurred.
"You didn't know that. They try to keep some of those things not too much before the public notice, but they are a good, strong, substantial company. And the -people that have been policyholders of their for years, they like to take good care of them. So they assigned Buyers [name disguised] family to me, so that's why I called C.C. [husband] and asked him if I could come out and sit with you and go over what you presently have and maybe talk about some things you might want to accomplish in the future. OK? And to do that, I've got a little questionnaire that takes a few minutes to answer. Now we might discuss some things that are somewhat confidential. If you'd care not to divulge something say so, OK? But it's basic stuff. For instance, Linda, where do you work? "
This presentation served several purposes beginning with a comment to close an Os to an attempt to legitimize the company, to provide a rationale for the meeting with a vague implication to purchasing additional insurance, to gaining cooperation to complete a "little questionnaire," to starting an Oc. The "little questionnaire" did not include a written form but the term was used to set the immediate future exchanges to facilitate participation in several successive Oc's.
The use of such a strategy may appear to be intuitively beneficial for a salesman to use. However, in several other instances of the 40 exchanges no Oc's were found. Oc's did not occur in all customer-salesman meetings. An Oc followed by another type of identity negotiation (Os, Us, and Uc) often occurred but the inclusion of all 4 identity negotiations occurred for less than 50% of the meetings.
Successful bargaining of information by the salesperson (i.e., the customer receives, understands, and accepts information offered by the salesman), may depend significantly on the ratio of Oc and Os. Specifically, when Oc/Os > 1, then the probability of successful information-negotiation by the salesman is likely to increase.
Both the number of Oc and Os as well as their ratio can be hypothesized to be related to the sales outcome. The likelihood of purchase -increases as 1) Oc > 0, 2) Os > zero, and 3) Oc/0 > 1. However, the primary effect of identity negotiations is likely to be on other discrete blocks of exchanges during customer-seller meetings and not the purchase outcome. Identity negotiations may be related- most strongly with information bargaining. In turn, information bargaining may be related most strongly to other discrete blocks of exchanges occurring during the meeting.
Following the meetings for 3 customers and salesmen, separate meetings were held with each customer and one of the researchers. The tape recording of the initial meeting was played to each customer with the request to stop the recording every few minutes and comment on what was happening. In several instances, the researcher stopped the tape and asked the customer why he/she made a particular comment and what did the customer think "when the salesman said that?" The retrospective comments by the customer to the original meeting were cape recorded. The same procedure was followed with the salesmen. The tape recording of the original meeting was stopped at the same locations in both of the separate meetings with each salesman and each customer.
Two brief excerpts involving identity negotiations from the original meeting of a customer and salesman with their retrospective comments are provided in Tables 3 and 4. The Us in Table 3 was followed shortly by the Oc in Table 4.
Both the salesman and the customer report in their retrospective comments that they were manipulating the conversation, "I was crying to build rapport ..." and "I was just trying to find out ..." Both report a discovers about the other party in exchange.
Note that the original excerpt begins with a comment by the salesman. This refers to a previous U . Following "That's interesting," the salesman elaborates an Identity-Rich Puzzle. "That's where I got my MBA degree (University of South Carolina)." This is followed by a puzzle expansion plus candidate solution by the customer and a confirmation by the salesman. Then the customer comments "OK" and shifts the conversation to indicate willingness to accept insurance information, "Lay it on my head ..." A brief comment by the researcher appears at the bottom of Table 3 on the exchange.
The Us in Table 3 appeared to serve to help permit the occurrence of the Oc in Table 4. Notice that the Us in Table 4 represents the following scheme: S: Puzzle-Candidate Solution, C: Confirmation, S: Comment-Conclusion, C: Confirmation, S: Transition. The coupling of a puzzle and candidate solution by either the salesman or customer may occur most often after both Us and Uc have occurred. The coupling of verbal actions may serve to imply to the other party that the conversation is directed to a specific goal.
Notice in the salesman's retrospective comment in Table 4 that he had a hidden agenda that he expected the customer to discover. The customer failed evidently to discover this agenda. The salesman evidently did not realize this, or he believed the discovery to be unimportant to future agendas since he shifts the conversation: "In light of that, let's look at your present plan." The salesman may be about to elaborate on the original O in the conversation about the present plan to accomplish his goal mentioned in his retrospective analysis. Later in the meeting he specifically tells the customer the conclusion he believes she should reach based upon this and other Oc's.
Some discrete parts or blocks of buyer-seller interactions may represent identity negotiations of both the seller and buyer. Such identity negotiations may be classified as official or unofficial. Possibly more categories than two should be used to classify such negotiations, e.g., semi-official, semi-unofficial.
Identity negotiations represent only a part of the total exchanges in meetings of buyers and sellers. As theorized by Wilson (1977) and Taylor and Woodside (1980), attribute delineations and attribute value negotiations are likely to occur in such meetings. The important point is that interactions appear to occur in discrete blocks of exchanges linked by transitions. The separating of the seller's and buyer's interactions into different classification categories may be useful but also violates the nature of the exchange. Both the analysis of chunks of exchanges and complete exchanges, as well as classifying buyer's and seller's turns into separate categories are advocated for use within the same research program.
Detailed analysis of salesman-customer conversational turn-taking in natural settings is a necessary step to understanding bargaining behavior in marketing exchanges. Case-by-case research programs of salesman-customer meetings are needed for marketing exchanges in several settings. Several empirical studies incorporating such ethnomethodologies are available (e.g., Lombard 1955; Browne 1973; Varela 1971) which reduce the arguments that 1) the approach is too time consuming and too much work, 2) the customers and salesman will not agree to be observed or tape-recorded, and 3) it's too obtrusive to be valid.
Lombard (1955) and his associates found substantial numbers of meetings of 20 salespersons and customers can be observed meaningfully in 6 months. Browne's (1973) participant observation study of salesmen and customers meeting in a used-car lot indicated that nearly all the customers and salesmen were willing to be observed. The rates of sales of the salesperson during the studies by Browne (1973), Lombard (1955), and Taylor (1977) were not significantly more or less than the sales recorded before the studies nor expected by the salespersons. Given these findings, the recognition of the need to learn "theory in use" (Zaltman, LeMasters, Heffring 1982), and the serious problems with self-reports (cf. Wilson and Nisbett 1978), "being there" needs to be included in most research designs on marketing exchange behavior.
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Judi Love's heartbreak as son ended up in intensive care due to damp social housing
Judi Love Awaab Ishak OK Michael Gove MEN Media Rochdale
Judi Love has revealed her young son once ended up in intensive care due to damp social housing.
The Loose Women presenter, 42, was a struggling single mother-of-two before she got her big break on the ITV daytime show's panel.
Judi, who is a qualified social worker, has now spoken out about how her 11-year-old son was seriously ill after developing breathing problems due to the damp social housing, as she reflected on two-year-old Awaab Ishak's tragic death.
Awaad died after prolonged exposure to mould and damp at his home in Rochdale, which a coroner concluded had contributed to severe respiratory problems.
Judi Love has revealed her young son once ended up in intensive care due to damp social housing (Instagram)
The presenter, 42, was a struggling single mother of two before Loose Women (Anthony Harvey/REX/Shutterstock)
"The world was left heartbroken last week after learning that two-year-old Awaab Ishak, who passed away in 2020, had died following exposure to mould in his home," she wrote in her OK! magazine column.
"Awaab's death makes me so emotional because it takes me back to a time when I was living in social housing, fighting my housing company due to the damp that was taking over my home. My son ended up in intensive care because of similar breathing complications.
"No one should be forced to live in such conditions. I feel that both class and race are major factors in why Awaab's family were not listened to when they asked for help. I sincerely hope that they are served justice of some kind."
Judi reflected on Awaab Ishak's tragic death (MEN Media)
Awaad died after prolonged exposure to mould and damp at his home in Rochdale (MEN Media)
An inquest into the death of Awaab prompted an outcry last week after it found he died in December 2020 from a respiratory condition caused by mould in the one-bedroom housing association flat where he lived with his parents, Faisal Abdullah and Aisha Amin, in Rochdale, Greater Manchester.
Gareth Swarbrick, the chief executive of Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH), was removed from his position on Saturday.
Michael Gove wrote a letter to all local authority chief executives in England, as well as a separate letter to all social housing providers.
Freehold estate Rochdale, where Awaab died as a result of living in a mould ridden flat (Manchester Evening News)
Addressing the latter, he said that the country needed to "raise the bar dramatically" on the quality of social housing and "empower tenants" to ensure "their voices are truly heard".
He said housing providers should carry out assessments of damp and mould in their properties, as well as any action that may need to be taken to tackle the issue.
In his letter he warned providers: "I want to be clear about what this must mean in relation to damp and mould, as I have been made aware of many cases where this has gone unaddressed for far too long and am concerned that they are not treated with sufficient seriousness.
"Where people complain about damp and mould, you must listen; where you find them, you must take prompt action. To keep tenants safe, you must not hide behind legal process."
Mr Gove, in the letter to council leaders, calls the death of Awaab an "avoidable loss".

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In a non-binding judgment, the county court quashed the decision of a local authority that accommodation provided out of area was suitable. The authority had failed to assess the effect on the development of a young baby of having to travel with his mother for eighty minutes four times a day, in and out of central London using a combination of buses, walking and the underground, so that the mother could deliver and collect her two school-age children to and from school.[9]
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is an ex-offender or drug/alcohol user who would benefit from breaking links with negative influences
has been subject to trafficking or modern slavery and is risk of further exploitation
may be able to access employment opportunities
does not mind where s/he lives.
Decisions to place applicants out-of-area must be approached in the right way. The Supreme Court has suggested that each local authority should have a policy for procuring sufficient units of temporary accommodation to meet the anticipated demand during the coming year. It should also have a policy for allocating those units to individual homeless households. Where there was an anticipated shortfall of units in its own area, that policy would explain the factors which would be taken into account in offering households those units, the factors which would be taken into account in offering units close to home, and if there was a shortage of such units, the factors which would make it suitable to accommodate a household further away. Both policies should be kept up-to-date and be publicly available.[11]
If a local authority has adopted and implement lawful procurement and allocation policies, then its decisions to offer out-of-area accommodation under the terms of such policies would generally be lawful and capable of discharging its duties.[12]
If accommodation is provided in another authority's area, the local authority in that area must be informed within 14 days. The written notice sent to the other authority must state:[13]
the name of the applicant
how many people can be expected to live with the applicant, and explain who they are
the address of the accommodation and the date it was made available to the applicant
which duty was being discharged when the accommodation was secured.
See Co-operation with other agencies for more information on how two authorities should cooperate when there is a child under 18 in the homeless household, and where the applicant is likely to be found not eligible or intentionally homeless.
A local authority must take into account any risks of violence or racial violence that may affect the household.[14] For example, an offer of accommodation to a Bangladeshi family in an area of active racial harassment was quashed because the authority had not had regard to the effect of under-reporting of racist attacks.[15] The accommodation offered should not place the applicant, or any member of the household, at risk of further violence. The applicant's fear of further violence is also a consideration; not just the actual risk.[16] However the Court of Appeal has held that 'there is no room... for beliefs not based on an assessment of all the available facts' in that 'a belief may be genuinely held without being a reasonable belief.' In such circumstances the accommodation offered was suitable.[17]
Where the applicant is at risk of domestic abuse, or of modern slavery, the authority may need to offer accommodation whose location can be kept secret, and which has appropriate security and trained staff. Emergency accommodation may need to be gender-specific as well as secure.[18]
The current Homelessness Code of Guidance was introduced on 3 April 2018 and the references on this page are to this Code. For applications made before this date, the recommendations of the 2006 Code of Guidance should apply.
art. 2 Homelessness (Suitability of Accommodation) (England) Order 2012 SI 2012/2601; R (on the application of E) v Islington LBC [2017] EWHC 1440 (Admin); see also paras 17.47 to 17.57 Homelessness Code of Guidance. MHCLG, Feb 2018
s.208(1) Housing Act 1996.
para 17.49 Homelessness Code of Guidance, MHCLG, Feb 2018.
Nzolameso v City of Westminster [2015] UKSC 22; Waltham Forest LBC v Saleh [2019] EWCA Civ 1944.
paras 17.61 and 17.62 Homelessness Code of Guidance, MHCLG, Feb 2018.
Waltham Forest LBC v Saleh [2019] EWCA Civ 1944.
Bromley LBC v Celisa Broderick [2020] EWCA Civ 1522.
Nzolameso v City of Westminster [2015] UKSC 22; R (on the application of E) v Islington LBC [2017] EWHC 1440 (Admin); paras 17.51, 17.52 and 17.59 Homelessness Code of Guidance, MHCLG, Feb 2018; para 34 Home to school travel and transport' statutory guidance for local authorities on sustainable school travel, and school travel arrangements for children and young people, DfE, July 2014.
Anon v Lewisham LBC, Central London County Court, 5 July 2018.
paras 17.55 and 17.56, and 23.26 (for applicants with an offending history), and 25.22 (trafficking and modern slavery) Homelessness Code of Guidance, MHCLG, Feb 2018.
Nzolameso v City of Westminster [2015] UKSC 22; paras 17.47 to 62 Homelessness Code of Guidance, MHCLG, Feb 2018.
Alibkhiet v Brent LBC : Adam v City of Westminster [2018] EWCA Civ 2742; paras 17.48 and 17.49 Homelessness Code of Guidance, MHCLG, Feb 2018.
s.208(2) and s.208(3) Housing Act 1996, para 17.60 Homelessness Code of Guidance, MHCLG, Feb 2018.
paras 17.6 and 21.37; para 25.21 (for victims of modern slavery), Homelessness Code of Guidance, MHCLG, Feb 2018.
R v Tower Hamlets LBC ex p Subhan (1992) 24 HLR 541, QBD.
R v Haringey LBC ex p Karaman (1997) 29 HLR 366, QBD.
Ahmed v Leicester BC [2007] EWCA Civ 843.


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HEROES OF THE STORM™ WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT ANNOUNCED
First-ever global tournament series for Blizzard Entertainment's new online team brawler joins the Road to BlizzCon® 2015—over $1.2 million in cash and prizes up for grabs
The Nexus portal will soon be transporting the greatest Heroes of the Storm™ players in the world to a new battleground—BlizzCon®! Blizzard Entertainment today announced the first-ever global tournament series for its brand-new free-to-play online team brawler. The competition will feature regional championship tournaments for the Americas, Europe, China, Korea, and Taiwan regions, with the top eight teams duking it out at the Heroes of the Storm World Championship at BlizzCon on November 6–7 in Anaheim.
The stakes are high, with a total prize pool of over $1.2 million in cash and prizes—including $500,000 at BlizzCon. The world champion team will walk away with $200,000—and bragging rights as the best Heroes of the Storm players in the world.
The Road to BlizzCon kicks off later this month with a tournament in China, and similar events will be taking place in the Americas (including North America, Latin America, Southeast Asia, as well as Australia and New Zealand), Europe, Korea, and Taiwan regions in the weeks ahead. Everyone is encouraged to gather a team and compete in their local tournament. Details on how to sign up, as well as further event-related news, will be posted on www.heroesofthestorm.com.
"We're excited to kick off the inaugural Heroes of the Storm tournament series, and we can't wait to see the best teams start to distinguish themselves in battle," said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. "With the world championships for StarCraft II, World of Warcraft Arena, Hearthstone, and now Heroes of the Storm underway, 2015 is shaping up to be a great year for eSports fans."
Officially launching June 2, Heroes of the Storm brings together a diverse cast of iconic characters from Blizzard's far-flung realms of science fiction and fantasy, including the Warcraft, StarCraft, and Diablo® universes, and challenges them to compete in epic, adrenaline-charged battles. Players can choose from more than 35 Blizzard heroes and customize them to suit their play style, and then team up with friends to fight across 7 dynamic Battlegrounds—with more heroes and Battlegrounds on the way. The game features a variety of gameplay modes for players of every skill level, including a Versus A.I. mode, in which players face computer-controlled opponents, and highly competitive draft-style ranked play.
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package com.heliosapm.streams.tracing.writers;

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
import java.util.Properties;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.concurrent.DelayQueue;
import java.util.concurrent.Delayed;
import java.util.concurrent.RejectedExecutionHandler;
import java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;

import org.cliffc.high_scale_lib.NonBlockingHashMap;
import org.cliffc.high_scale_lib.NonBlockingHashSet;

import com.heliosapm.utils.buffer.BufferManager;
import com.heliosapm.streams.metrics.StreamedMetric;
import com.heliosapm.streams.tracing.AbstractMetricWriter;
import com.heliosapm.utils.config.ConfigurationHelper;
import com.heliosapm.utils.jmx.JMXManagedThreadFactory;
import com.heliosapm.utils.jmx.SharedNotificationExecutor;
import com.heliosapm.utils.lang.StringHelper;

import io.netty.bootstrap.Bootstrap;
import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
import io.netty.channel.Channel;
import io.netty.channel.ChannelFuture;
import io.netty.channel.ChannelInitializer;
import io.netty.channel.ChannelOption;
import io.netty.channel.EventLoopGroup;
import io.netty.channel.group.ChannelGroup;
import io.netty.channel.group.DefaultChannelGroup;
import io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoopGroup;
import io.netty.util.concurrent.EventExecutor;
import io.netty.util.concurrent.Future;
import io.netty.util.concurrent.GenericFutureListener;
import io.netty.util.concurrent.UnorderedThreadPoolEventExecutor;

/**
 *
Title: NetWriter

 *
Description: The base Netty network metric writer

 * @author Whitehead (nwhitehead AT heliosdev DOT org)
 *
com.heliosapm.streams.tracing.writers.NetWriter

 * @param <C> The type of netty channel implemented by this writer
 * TODO:
 * 		optional storage of metrics while waiting for an open connection
 * 		implement JMX management interface
 */

public abstract class NetWriter<C extends Channel> extends AbstractMetricWriter implements RejectedExecutionHandler, ConnectionStateSupplier, ConnectionStateListener {

	/** The config key for the remote URIs (host:port) to write metrics to */
	public static final String CONFIG_REMOTE_URIS = "metricwriter.net.remotes";
	/** The default remote URIs (host:port) to write metrics to */
	public static final String[] DEFAULT_REMOTE_URIS = {"localhost:1892"};

	/** The config key for the core thread count in the channel group event executor */
	public static final String CONFIG_EXEC_THREADS = "metricwriter.net.group.threads";
	/** The default core thread count in the channel group event executor */
	public static final int DEFAULT_EXEC_THREADS = 4;

	/** The config key for the core thread count in the event executor */
	public static final String CONFIG_ELOOP_THREADS = "metricwriter.net.eventloop.threads";
	/** The default core thread count in the event executor */
	public static final int DEFAULT_ELOOP_THREADS = Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors() * 2;

	/** Remote URIs */
	protected final Set<String> remoteUris = new LinkedHashSet<String>();
	/** The client's event loop group */
	protected EventLoopGroup group = null;
	/** The writer's event executor */
	protected EventExecutor eventExecutor = null;
	/** A map of all the connected channels */
	protected ChannelGroup channels = null;
	/** The thread factory for the channel group event executor */
	protected final JMXManagedThreadFactory groupThreadFactory = (JMXManagedThreadFactory) JMXManagedThreadFactory.newThreadFactory(getClass().getSimpleName() + "NetWriterChannelGroup", true);
	/** The thread factory for the event loop executor */
	protected final JMXManagedThreadFactory eventLoopThreadFactory = (JMXManagedThreadFactory) JMXManagedThreadFactory.newThreadFactory(getClass().getSimpleName() + "NetWriterEventLoop", true);
	/** The client bootstrap */
	protected final Bootstrap bootstrap = new Bootstrap();
	/** The channel type class */
	protected final Class<C> channelType;

	/** A set of registered connection state listeners */
	protected final NonBlockingHashSet<ConnectionStateListener> connectedStateListeners = new NonBlockingHashSet<ConnectionStateListener>();

	/** The core threads in the channel group event executor */
	protected int channelGroupThreads = -1;
	/** The core threads in the event loop */
	protected int eventLoopThreads = -1;

	/** A map of close futures for connected channels */
	protected final NonBlockingHashMap<String, ChannelFuture> closeFutures = new NonBlockingHashMap<String, ChannelFuture>();
	/** A set of host/port pairs for non-connected channels */
	protected final DelayQueue<DelayedReconnect> disconnected = new DelayQueue<DelayedReconnect>();
	/** A flag indicating if the reconnect thread should keep running */
	protected final AtomicBoolean keepReconnecting = new AtomicBoolean(false);
	/** A flag indicating if there are any connected channels available */
	protected final AtomicBoolean connectionsAvailable = new AtomicBoolean(false);

	/** The reconnect thread */
	protected Thread reconnectThread = null;

	/** An array of the configured remote URIs to connect to */
	protected String[] remotes = {};

	/**
	 * Creates a new NetWriter
	 * @param channelType The type of channels created by this netwriter
	 * @param confirmsMetrics Indicates if this writer expects metric submission confirmation
	 */
	public NetWriter(final Class<C> channelType, final boolean confirmsMetrics) {
		super(confirmsMetrics, false);
		this.channelType = channelType;
		registerConnectionStateListener(this);
	}

//	public static void main(String[] args) {
//		log("DelayedReconnect Test");
//		final DelayQueue<DelayedReconnect> Q = new DelayQueue<DelayedReconnect>();
//		try {
//			Q.put(new DelayedReconnect("In 10 Secs", 10000));
//			Q.put(new DelayedReconnect("In 5 Secs", 5000));
//			int pulled = 0;
//			while(!Q.isEmpty()) {
//				DelayedReconnect dr = Q.take();
//				if(dr==null) break;
//				pulled++;
//				log("\t----->[" + new Date() + "] DR:" + dr);
//			}
//			log("Pulled:" + pulled);
//		} catch (Exception ex) {
//			ex.printStackTrace(System.err);
//		}
//
//	}
//
//	public static void log(Object msg) {
//		System.out.println(msg);
//	}

	private static class DelayedReconnect implements Delayed {
		private final String uri;
		private final long expireTime; // = System.currentTimeMillis() + 60000;  // FIXME: configurable

		/**
		 * Creates a new DelayedReconnect
		 * @param uri the URI to reconnect to
		 * @param expireInMs The expiration from now in ms.
		 */
		public DelayedReconnect(final String uri, final long expireInMs) {
			this.uri = uri;
			expireTime = System.currentTimeMillis() + expireInMs;
		}

		/**
		 * Creates a new DelayedReconnect with an expiry of 60 seconds.
		 * @param uri the URI to reconnect to
		 */
		public DelayedReconnect(final String uri) {
			this(uri, 60000);
		}

		public String toString() {
			return "DelayedReconnect[" + uri + ", " + new Date(expireTime) + "]";
		}

		@Override
		public int compareTo(final Delayed o) {
			final Long myDelay = getDelay(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
			final Long odelay = o.getDelay(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
			if(myDelay.equals(odelay)) return -1;
			return myDelay.compareTo(odelay);
		}

		@Override
		public long getDelay(final TimeUnit unit) {
			final long until = expireTime - System.currentTimeMillis();
			final long delay = unit.convert(until, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
//			log("[" + this + "] Unit:" + unit + ", Delay:" + delay + ", MS:" + until);
			return delay;
		}

		/**
		 * {@inheritDoc}
		 * @see java.lang.Object#hashCode()
		 */
		@Override
		public int hashCode() {
			final int prime = 31;
			int result = 1;
			result = prime * result + ((uri == null) ? 0 : uri.hashCode());
			return result;
		}

		/**
		 * {@inheritDoc}
		 * @see java.lang.Object#equals(java.lang.Object)
		 */
		@Override
		public boolean equals(Object obj) {
			if (this == obj)
				return true;
			if (obj == null)
				return false;
			if (getClass() != obj.getClass())
				return false;
			DelayedReconnect other = (DelayedReconnect) obj;
			if (uri == null) {
				if (other.uri != null)
					return false;
			} else if (!uri.equals(other.uri))
				return false;
			return true;
		}

	}

	/**
	 * {@inheritDoc}
	 * @see com.heliosapm.streams.tracing.AbstractMetricWriter#configure(java.util.Properties)
	 */
	@Override
	public void configure(final Properties config) {
		super.configure(config);
		remotes = ConfigurationHelper.getArraySystemThenEnvProperty(CONFIG_REMOTE_URIS, DEFAULT_REMOTE_URIS, config);
		Collections.addAll(remoteUris,  remotes);
		channelGroupThreads = ConfigurationHelper.getIntSystemThenEnvProperty(CONFIG_EXEC_THREADS, DEFAULT_EXEC_THREADS, config);
		this.config.put("channelGroupThreads", channelGroupThreads);
		eventLoopThreads = ConfigurationHelper.getIntSystemThenEnvProperty(CONFIG_ELOOP_THREADS, DEFAULT_ELOOP_THREADS, config);
		this.config.put("eventLoopThreads", eventLoopThreads);
		eventExecutor = new UnorderedThreadPoolEventExecutor(channelGroupThreads, groupThreadFactory, this);
		channels = new DefaultChannelGroup(getClass().getSimpleName() + "Channels", eventExecutor);
		group = new NioEventLoopGroup(eventLoopThreads, eventLoopThreadFactory);
		bootstrap
			.group(group)
			.channel(channelType)
			.handler(getChannelInitializer())
		;
		bootstrap.option(ChannelOption.CONNECT_TIMEOUT_MILLIS, 5000);  // FIXME: config
		bootstrap.option(ChannelOption.ALLOCATOR, BufferManager.getInstance());
		this.config.put("connectTimeout", 5000);

		// FIXME: Tweaks for channel configuration

	}

	/**
	 * Returns the channel initializer for this writer
	 * @return the channel initializer
	 */
	protected abstract ChannelInitializer<C> getChannelInitializer();

	/**
	 * Attempts to connect to the specified host/port and updates the channel tracking structures accordingly
	 * @param uri The host:port pair
	 */
	protected void connect(final String uri) {
		String _host = null;
		int _port = -1;
		try {
			final String[] hostPort = StringHelper.splitString(uri, ':', true);
			_host = hostPort[0];
			_port = Integer.parseInt(hostPort[1]);
		} catch (Exception ex) {
			log.warn("Invalid Remote URI [{}]", uri);
		}
		final ChannelFuture cf = bootstrap.connect(_host, _port);
		cf.addListener(new GenericFutureListener<Future<Void>>() {
			@Override
			public void operationComplete(final Future<Void> f) throws Exception {
				if(f.isSuccess()) {
					final Channel channel = cf.channel();
					ChannelFuture closeFuture = channel.closeFuture();
					closeFutures.put(uri, closeFuture);
					disconnected.remove(new DelayedReconnect(uri));
					closeFuture.addListener(new GenericFutureListener<Future<? super Void>>() {
						@Override
						public void operationComplete(final Future<? super Void> future) throws Exception {
							closeFutures.remove(uri);
							if(group.isShutdown() || group.isShuttingDown() || group.isTerminated()) {
								/* No Op */
							} else {
								final DelayedReconnect dc = new DelayedReconnect(uri);
								if(!disconnected.contains(dc)) {
									disconnected.add(dc);
								}
							}
							channels.remove(channel); // may have been removed already
							fireDisconnected();
						}
					});
					channels.add(channel);
					fireConnected();
					log.info("Channel [{}] connected to [{}]", channel, uri);
				} else {
					final DelayedReconnect dc = new DelayedReconnect(uri);
					if(!disconnected.contains(dc)) {
						disconnected.add(dc);
					}
					log.warn("Channel failed to connect to [{}]", uri, f.cause());
				}
			}
		});
	}

	/**
	 * Fires a connected event if the channel group has at least one channel
	 * and the current state is disconnected.
	 */
	protected void fireConnected() {
		if(!channels.isEmpty() && !connectionsAvailable.getAndSet(true)) {
			for(final ConnectionStateListener listener: connectedStateListeners) {
				SharedNotificationExecutor.getInstance().execute(new Runnable(){
					@Override
					public void run() {
						listener.onConnected();
					}
				});
			}
		}
	}

	/**
	 * {@inheritDoc}
	 * @see com.heliosapm.streams.tracing.AbstractMetricWriter#isConnected()
	 */
	@Override
	public boolean isConnected() {
		return connectionsAvailable.get();
	}

	/**
	 * Fires a disconnected event if the channel group is empty
	 * and the current state is connected.
	 */
	protected void fireDisconnected() {
		if(channels.isEmpty() && connectionsAvailable.getAndSet(false)) {
			for(final ConnectionStateListener listener: connectedStateListeners) {
				SharedNotificationExecutor.getInstance().execute(new Runnable(){
					@Override
					public void run() {
						listener.onDisconnected(!keepReconnecting.get());
					}
				});
			}
		}
	}

	/**
	 * {@inheritDoc}
	 * @see com.heliosapm.streams.tracing.writers.ConnectionStateSupplier#registerConnectionStateListener(com.heliosapm.streams.tracing.writers.ConnectionStateListener)
	 */
	@Override
	public void registerConnectionStateListener(final ConnectionStateListener listener) {
		if(listener!=null) {
			connectedStateListeners.add(listener);
		}
	}

	/**
	 * {@inheritDoc}
	 * @see com.heliosapm.streams.tracing.writers.ConnectionStateSupplier#removeConnectionStateListener(com.heliosapm.streams.tracing.writers.ConnectionStateListener)
	 */
	@Override
	public void removeConnectionStateListener(final ConnectionStateListener listener) {
		if(listener!=null) {
			connectedStateListeners.remove(listener);
		}
	}

	/**
	 * {@inheritDoc}
	 * @see com.google.common.util.concurrent.AbstractIdleService#startUp()
	 */
	@Override
	protected void startUp()  throws Exception {
		if(remoteUris.isEmpty()) throw new IllegalStateException("No remote URIs defined");
		for(final String uri: remoteUris) {
			connect(uri);
		}
		startReconnectThread();
	}

	/**
	 * Starts the reconnect thread if it is not already running
	 */
	protected void startReconnectThread() {
		if(keepReconnecting.compareAndSet(false, true)) {
			reconnectThread = new Thread(getClass().getSimpleName() + "ReconnectThread") {
				@Override
				public void run() {
					log.info("Reconnect thread started");
					while(keepReconnecting.get()) {
						try {
							final DelayedReconnect dc  = disconnected.poll(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
							if(dc!=null) {
								connect(dc.uri);
							}
						} catch (InterruptedException iex) {
							if(Thread.interrupted()) Thread.interrupted();
						} catch (Exception ex) {
							log.warn("Reconnect thread error", ex);
						}
					}
					log.info("Reconnect thread ending");
				}
			};
			reconnectThread.setDaemon(true);
			reconnectThread.start();
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Stops the reconnect thread
	 */
	protected void stopReconnectThread() {
		if(keepReconnecting.compareAndSet(true, false)) {
			if(reconnectThread!=null) {
				reconnectThread.interrupt();
				reconnectThread = null;
			}
		}
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	 * {@inheritDoc}
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	 */
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	protected void shutDown() {
		stopReconnectThread();
		disconnected.clear();
		channels.close();
		try {
			 group.shutdownGracefully();
		} catch (Exception ex) {
			log.error("Failed to gracefully shutdown the event loop group", ex);
		}
	}

	/**
	 * {@inheritDoc}
	 * @see com.heliosapm.streams.tracing.AbstractMetricWriter#doMetrics(java.util.Collection)
	 */
	@Override
	protected void doMetrics(final Collection<StreamedMetric> metrics) {
		if(metrics==null || metrics.isEmpty()) return;
		final int size = metrics.size();
		if(!connectionsAvailable.get()) {
			failedMetrics.add(size);
			return;
		}

		boolean complete = false;
		for(Channel ch: channels) {
			final ChannelFuture cf = ch.writeAndFlush(metrics).syncUninterruptibly();
			if(cf.isSuccess()) {
				complete = true;
				sentMetrics.add(size);
				break;
			}
		}
		if(!complete) {
			failedMetrics.add(size);
		}
	}

	/**
	 * {@inheritDoc}
	 * @see com.heliosapm.streams.tracing.AbstractMetricWriter#doMetrics(com.heliosapm.streams.metrics.StreamedMetric[])
	 */
	@Override
	protected void doMetrics(final StreamedMetric... metrics) {
		if(metrics==null || metrics.length==0) return;
		final int size = metrics.length;
		if(!connectionsAvailable.get()) {
			failedMetrics.add(size);
			return;
		}
		boolean complete = false;
		for(Channel ch: channels) {
			final ChannelFuture cf = ch.writeAndFlush(metrics).syncUninterruptibly();
			if(cf.isSuccess()) {
				complete = true;
				sentMetrics.add(size);
				break;
			}
		}
		if(!complete) {
			this.failedMetrics.add(size);
		}
	}

	/**
	 * {@inheritDoc}
	 * @see com.heliosapm.streams.tracing.AbstractMetricWriter#onMetrics(io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf)
	 */
	@Override
	public void onMetrics(final ByteBuf metrics) {
		if(metrics==null || metrics.readableBytes()<5) return;
		final int size = metrics.getInt(1);
		if(!connectionsAvailable.get()) {
			// FIXME: drop counter
			return;
		}

		boolean complete = false;
		for(Channel ch: channels) {
			final ChannelFuture cf = ch.writeAndFlush(metrics).syncUninterruptibly();
			if(cf.isSuccess()) {
				complete = true;
				break;
			}
		}
		if(!complete) {
			this.failedMetrics.add(size);
		}
	}

	/**
	 * {@inheritDoc}
	 * @see java.util.concurrent.RejectedExecutionHandler#rejectedExecution(java.lang.Runnable, java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor)
	 */
	@Override
	public void rejectedExecution(final Runnable r, final ThreadPoolExecutor executor) {
		log.warn("Rejected event execution. Task:[{}], Executor:[{}]");
	}

	/**
	 * {@inheritDoc}
	 * @see com.heliosapm.streams.tracing.writers.ConnectionStateListener#onConnected()
	 */
	@Override
	public void onConnected() {
		log.info(getClass().getSimpleName() + " Connected");
	}

	/**
	 * {@inheritDoc}
	 * @see com.heliosapm.streams.tracing.writers.ConnectionStateListener#onDisconnected(boolean)
	 */
	@Override
	public void onDisconnected(final boolean shutdown) {
		if(!shutdown) {
			log.warn("\n\t=====================\n\t{} Disconnected !\n\t=====================\n");
		}
	}

	/**
	 * {@inheritDoc}
	 * @see com.heliosapm.streams.tracing.MetricWriterMXBean#getCustomState()
	 */
	@Override
	public String getCustomState() {
		final StringBuilder b = new StringBuilder();
		b.append("Remotes:").append(Arrays.toString(remotes));
		b.append("\nConnected:").append(channels.size());
		b.append("\nDisconnected:").append(disconnected.size());
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Meet The Mets: The First 10 Draft Picks of 2016
by Sara Novic June 15, 2016
These days, with the Mets' lineup increasingly like the surface of the sun—I can't look straight at it without enduring great pain—I found myself looking instead to this year's draft with extra anticipation. Sure it'll be a long time before any of the drafted prospects see the lights at Citi Field, but the promising crop of young talent Mets' scouts pulled in does make me feel a bit better. That said, for the next few weeks I'll be covering all the Mets' 2016 draft picks, starting with the top 10 today:
In keeping with their current strategy of "have a superstar starting rotation," (and shoring up their ability to trade for bats from an area of depth should the need arise) six of the Mets' top 10 picks over the first nine rounds were pitchers.
Additionally, while most teams had begun drafting high school prospects as early as round three, the Mets' top 10 consists entirely of college players. What this means is certainly up for interpretation, but to me, choosing players that are more stable in their physiological development and more seasoned on the field with experience in higher pressure environments can only be a positive—the Mets are more likely to get what they paid for, and the players will be strong enough to play professionally sooner. Which is good news for us fans, because these guys sound pretty freakin' exciting:
Justin Dunn (19th overall pick)
Ranked the #22 prospect by Baseball America and piquing the interest of multiple teams when he transitioned from reliever to starter at Boston College this season, the Mets have emphasized their surprise that Dunn was still available by the time their turn came around. But the 20-year-old right-handed pitcher became the Mets first pick, prompting this adorable celebration by Dunn and his BC teammates, and marking the first time the Mets have used their number one pick on a pitcher since Matt Harvey in 2010.
Dunn, who is originally from Long Island, played shortstop at his private Connecticut high school before transitioning to pitching at Boston College. Upon joining the starting rotation this year, Dunn hit his stride, leading the Atlantic Coast Conference with a 1.49 ERA—and a 1.43 mark with 43 strikeouts in seven starts. His fastball, usually around 95 MPH, has been clocked at up to 99 MPH, and his breaking balls are in keeping with major league averages.
As an African-American, Dunn represents an increasingly rare demographic in professional baseball: currently only 14 of 449 major league pitchers are African-American, and only 8.27 percent of all major league players overall, a problem about which the Mets' Curtis Granderson has spoken out and attempted to combat with his Grand Kids Foundation. The MLB at large has also been working to bring African-American kids back to the diamond with a variety of baseball-centric programs especially for inner-city youth, and the last five years of the draft have shown an uptick in black players, many of whom were participants the MLB's programs.
Anthony Kay (31st overall pick)
The Mets used their other first-round pick for another pitcher from Long Island—this time a 21-year-old lefty from the University of Connecticut.
At five-foot-11, Kay is among the shorter pitching prospects the Mets have drafted, but scouting director Tommy Tanous seemed confident in Kay's natural abilities, noting that Kay was "advanced" even as a high school player, "so it's not like [he] had a long way to go."
Indeed, the Mets originally drafted Kay in 2013 in the 29th round, but he decided to go to college. Given his jump to the first round of this year's draft, it looks like the education paid off. At Connecticut he improved his velocity and changeup, with his fastball currently peaking at around 95 MPH. This season he struck out 111 batters and walked 35, and won the American Athletic League's Pitcher of the Year award.
Kay attended the same Long Island high school as Steven Matz, and though Matz was four years his senior, the two said they were friendly with one another, both returning to visit their school during the winter and keeping in touch with their baseball coach.
Peter Alonso (64th overall pick)
The Mets started round two with power-hitting hopeful Pete Alonso, a first baseman at the University of Florida. Alonso leads his team this year with 12 home runs in 53 games; he's also hit 55 RBIs with a season average of .368.
While some scouting reports question his versatility in the field, for his part, Alonso, who had played third base in high school before switching to first, said he learned the new position via repetition, "improving [his] footwork and changing [his] body in the weight room," and is confident in his ability to switch back to third or play the outfield should the team need it.
But the reports also commend Alonso for his raw hitting power, which he showed off in full days before the draft. In May Alonso was hit by a pitch that broke his hand, but he returned with a vengeance, going 8-for-14 in the NCAA Regional conference, with three home runs and eight RBI.
Blake Tiberi (100th overall pick)
Tiberi has experience playing for a strong team. Hailing from the University of Louisville, considered the number two team in the NCAA, the switch-hitting third baseman hit .318/.371/.518 in his two years with the Cardinals, batting .340 with 51 RBI this year.
Tiberi was also a Cape Cod Summer League All-Star in 2015, where he ranked eighth in the league; he batted .315 and his team played the league championship series.
Michael Paez (130th overall pick)
The 21-year-old shortstop often goes unnoticed because of his size, but this year after improving his swing and hitting 15 home runs—making him second among NCAA shortstops—he's finally getting the credit he deserves.
The MLB has him at five-foot-eight, but Paez called himself five-foot-seven in an interview with Miami Herald. Both Paez and the Mets' Tanous point to Paez's height as the reason why he's been overlooked until now, but undervalued is probably good for the Mets' checkbook, and there's no denying Paez has fielding skills and swinging power despite his size, and good speed in part because of it. He currently leads the Big South Conference with 52 runs scored.
The Dean's List student also clinched Coastal Carolina's first College World Series appearance Monday night when, game tied in the bottom of the ninth and a man on second, Paez hit a double and sent the winning run home.
Colby Woodmansee (160th overall pick)
And the winner of the best last name of the bunch undoubtedly goes to this guy. Also a 21-year-old shortstop, albeit considerably taller at six-foot-three, Woodmansee has hit .280/.328/.418 during his time at Arizona State.
An Arizona native, Woodmansee grew up aspiring to ASU's strong baseball program, and proved himself a solid, reliable player in that competitive atmosphere: Woodmansee has 91 hits with 55 RBI, seven home runs, and 36 runs scored over 86 games, having reached base in 61 of his past 72 games.
Christopher Viall (190th overall pick)
That the 20-year-old RHP says his favorite pitcher is Noah Syndergaard is predictable given the lightning Syndergaard's thrown this season; what's more unusual is that Viall, at six-foot-nine, has two inches on Thor.
Going 4-7 with a 4.80 ERA in his time at Stanford, Viall has (metaphorical) room to grow, but Mets scout Tyler Holmes said he was impressed by Viall's natural coordination and skillset—he throws a fastball that routinely clocks in at 97 MPH and a 90 MPH changeup, and has the ability to repeat his delivery; Holmes calls Viall a "high-risk, high-reward pick," so it'll certainly be interesting to see if Viall can harness the power of his enormous arm.
Fun fact: Apparently a two-time Bachelorette contestant (and twice the runner-up, that's gotta hurt) shares the last name. Happy Googling!
Austin McGeorge (220th overall pick)
A California native, the 21-year-old reliever has an ERA of 1.63 over his career at Long Beach State University. He's pitched 83 innings in 63 games over three years at the school, going 4-2 with six saves.
In 2015 he made 31 appearances out of the bullpen, a team high; this year he led the Big West Conference with 33. The 2016 season was his best yet, with an ERA of 1.05 over 53 innings, keeping opposing batters at an average of .197.
Placido Torres (250th overall)
Born in the Dominican Republic and raised in New Jersey, the 23-year-old lefty led the NCAA Division II with a 0.71 ERA for Tusculum College (Tennessee). In 2016 he went 11-0 in 14 starts, and leads college baseball across all levels with 162 strikeouts.
Alongside Kay at 5'11″, Torres doesn't quite fit the cannon-esque profile of the Mets current pitching staff, but that didn't stop him from throwing seven complete games and four shutouts (four!) this season. I can't help but feel a bit aflutter about this guy from the sheer numbers—it will be exciting to see what he can do when faced with some stronger bats.
Colin Holderman (280th overall)
The Mets rounded out their top 10 picks with one final pitcher, hailing from Heartland Community College in Bloomington, Illinois. At six-foot-six, Holderman sees eye-to-eye with Syndergaard, and went 8-1 with two shutouts for the Heartland Hawks this season, posting a 1.57 ERA with 92 strikeouts.
He also hit an impressive .489/.565/.831 with 13 home runs this season, giving him the third-best average in the NJCAA.
Photo Credit: Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports
Tags: Anthony Kay, Blake Tiberi, Christopher Viall, Colby Woodmansee, Colin Holderman, Justin Dunn, Michael Paez, Peter Alonso, Placido Torres |
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3 comments on "Meet The Mets: The First 10 Draft Picks of 2016"
Kay and Matz went to high school in Long Island, not the Bronx.
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And not to pick nits but Matz is FOUR years older than Kay, not Eight.
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Q: How to expand infinite sum expressions. I saw this in a paper (however, I cannot derive it):
We define the growth rate of consumption as $g_{C, s} \equiv \frac{C_s}{C_{s-1}}$ and use $C_t=\left(\prod_{s=1}^t g_{C, s}\right)C_0$ to rewrite lifetime utility, $\mathcal{V}_0=$ $\mathbb{E}_0 \sum_{t=0}^{\infty} \beta^t \log \left(C_t\right)$, as
$$
\mathcal{V}_0=\frac{1}{1-\beta}\left[\log \left(C_0\right)+\mathbb{E}_0\left(\sum_{t=1}^{\infty} \beta^t \log \left(g_{C, t}\right)\right)\right]
$$
My attempt:
$$
 \mathcal{V}_0= \mathbb{E}_0 \sum_{t=0}^{\infty} \beta^t \log \left(C_t\right) =\mathbb{E}_0 \sum_{t=0}^{\infty} \beta^t \log \left( \left(\prod_{s=1}^t g_{C, s}\right) C_0 \right)
 $$
$$
 \mathcal{V}_0 = \mathbb{E}_0 \Big[
\frac{1}{1-\beta } \log C_0 +  \sum_{t=0}^{\infty} \beta^t  \log \left(\prod_{s=1}^t g_{C, s}\right)
 \Big]
 $$
$$
 \mathcal{V}_0 = \mathbb{E}_0 \Big[
\frac{1}{1-\beta } \log C_0 +  \sum_{t=0}^{\infty} \beta^t  \left(\sum_{s=1}^t \log g_{C, s}\right)
 \Big]
 $$
$$
 \mathcal{V}_0 = \Big[
\frac{1}{1-\beta } \log C_0 +   \mathbb{E}_0 \left( \sum_{t=0}^{\infty} \beta^t  \Big(\sum_{s=1}^t \log g_{C, s}\Big) \right)
 \Big]
 $$
Why is $\mathbb{E}_0 \left( \sum_{t=0}^{\infty} \beta^t  \Big(\sum_{s=1}^t \log g_{C, s}\Big) \right)= \frac{1}{1-\beta }  \mathbb{E}_0 \Big( \sum_{t=1}^{\infty} \beta^t  \log g_{C, t} \Big)$?

A: More generally,
$$
 \sum_{t=0}^{\infty} \beta^t  \Big(\sum_{s=1}^t \log g_{C, s}\Big)= \frac{1}{1-\beta }   \sum_{t=1}^{\infty} \beta^t  \log g_{C, t} .
$$
Do it by interchange of the order of summation and summing a geometric series:
\begin{align}
\sum_{t=0}^{\infty} \beta^t  \Big(\sum_{s=1}^t \log g_{C, s}\Big)
&=\sum_{t=1}^{\infty} \beta^t  \Big(\sum_{s=1}^t \log g_{C, s}\Big)
\\&=\sum_{s=1}^\infty \Big(\sum_{t=s}^{\infty} \beta^t\log g_{C, s}\Big)
\\&=\sum_{s=1}^\infty \Big(\sum_{t=s}^{\infty} \beta^t\Big)\log g_{C, s}
\\&=\sum_{s=1}^\infty \Big(\frac{\beta^s}{1-\beta}\Big)\log g_{C, s}
\\&=\frac{1}{1-\beta }   \sum_{t=1}^{\infty} \beta^t  \log g_{C, t}
\end{align}
Of course there are conditions that have to be checked to interchange the order of summation and to sum a geometric series.  For example, it works if:
$$
0 < \beta<1, \quad g_{C,s} \ge 1 .
$$

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Isola di Fondra je komuna (obec) v provincii Bergamo v italském regionu Lombardie, která se nachází asi 70 kilometrů severovýchodně od Milána a asi 30 kilometrů severně od Bergama. Tvoří ji tři vesničky, Fondra, Pusdosso a Trabuchello.

Isola di Fondra sousedí s těmito obcemi: Branzi, Moio de 'Calvi, Piazzatorre, Roncobello.

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The search for ECB President Mario Draghi's successor has revealed deep-seated divisions in the Eurozone over the fundamental responsibilities of the bank.
Draghi's presidency was marked by a willingness to be a lender of last resort to ailing Eurozone governments.At the height of the European Debt Crisis (2009-2012), it was Draghi who calmed market jitters with his affirmation that "the ECB is ready to do whatever it takes to preserve the euro. And believe me, it will be enough," adding to the €500bn bailout fund European finance ministers raised earlier that year.Combined with potentially unlimited support for countries needing bailouts, the ECB was able to restore confidence in the euro and reduce the cost of borrowing for Eurozone member states, bringing the European debt crisis to a close.
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Periods Are Cramping My Quarantine
by Theresa Gaffney | May 1, 2020 | All Posts, Health & Wellness
When my partner rolled out of bed and stumbled into the living room early yesterday morning, he wasn't surprised to see me on the couch with an abandoned book beside me, while the television ran through another episode of "Gilmore Girls" I'd seen 1,000 times.
He was, however, shocked by my groaning about cramps, and the way I flung a once-hot water bottle at him, begging for it to be reheated in the microwave.
"It literally never occurred to me that you'd get your period a second time in quarantine," he said.
"Periods don't stop for pandemics," is the reality of my body and the rallying cry for menstrual activists around the country continuing their campaign for accessible feminine products. Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, a co-founder of the non-profit Period Equity, wrote in Newsweek that emergency aid during the coronavirus must include menstrual supplies.
"One potential blind spot: How seemingly neutral interventions overlook and even undermine women's essential needs," she wrote.
These stressful situations, like a lost job, a global pandemic or economic crisis, can often feel like they compound menstrual symptoms. Experts have studied the intuitive relationship between stress and the body, but it's hard to track exact changes in experiences like pain and discomfort.
"In practice it is difficult if not impossible to identify a threshold at which stress will interfere with the normal cycle," one recent study notes. "Some studies showed a correlation while others showed no effect of stress on menstrual cycle."
My personal opinion – expert regarding my own body if nothing else – is that the pandemic has definitely made my symptoms more acute.
I've got the kind of period pain that hits me like a brick in my gut, back and calves, usually on the first two days. If I can take an ibuprofen early, I'll be okay. But once the symptoms start, even that little orange pill won't be able to stop them. Nothing seems to work in quarantine, no matter when or what I try.
Two cycles ago, I would have happily accepted a period when I couldn't leave the apartment all day as a vacation. The corner of the couch used to cradle my aching body, but now it swallows me. Like so many conditions of quarantining, during this cycle, I feel trapped.
While it was often torturous to be out while on my period in the before times, it's worse being stuck inside. Distractions like work, friends – the world, basically – have faded away. It's just me and my pain at my desk, in the kitchen, on the couch. I used to feel guilty not going for a run, knowing it would probably help with cramps. Now, I'm fixated on weighing the pain relief versus the risk of carrying the virus around my neighborhood.
I don't own a heating pad, but I can make do with hot water in bottles and jars. Unlike many who have lost income during the pandemic, I'm lucky to be able to afford pads and tampons. Nobody should have to make do without clean sanitary pads and tampons, yet they're still taxed as luxury items in 30 states, making them unaffordable for many, especially in the current economic crisis.
It's been only a month since my last period, but our world has completely shifted. When my partner expressed surprise that I was having a second period during our sequester, it was kind of funny. But I realized I felt sort of the same way. At the end of March, I knew the coronavirus was real and dangerous, but part of me still believed it worked on a semester schedule; that it had to wrap everything up and give us our grades by May.
No. The pandemic is giving us an incomplete. My second period in quarantine will probably not be my last. As the painkillers kick in, I'm no longer counting days in quarantine. I'm counting cycles.
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Archiatrus - archiater (görögül ἀρχιατρός "főorvos"), a vezető orvos – különösen a császári udvarnál – ókori latin nyelvű megnevezése volt.

A görög alak először egy Kr.e. 2. századból származó déloszi feliraton található, itt VII. Antiokhosz király személyi orvosáról van szó. A római császárság idején legkésőbb a Kr. u. 3. századtól a császári udvari orvosokat hivatalosan is archiatri Palatini néven említették; ezt megelőzően pedig görögül ἀρχιατροί.

Ezt a címet viselték az állami fizetésre is igényt tartó orvosok (archiatri populares), akik az orvosok felügyeletével illetve a leendő orovosok tanításával és vizsgáztatásával is meg voltak bízva, egyfajta orvosi kollégiumban tömörültek (ordo archiatrorum). Ilyen kollégium minden magára valamit is adó ókori római városban volt.

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Rudolf Pohl: De Graecorum Medicis Publicis. Diss. Berlin 1905 (világhálón hozzáférhető változat latinul).

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How to add amazon prime videos app to my old Hisense 40K20DW smart tv?
Set-up (Programming) procedure is too much to type in here, and is not practical and it will differ brand-to-brand remote controls. If you wish to get more; check the sites linked here. It has set-up code list & set-up procedure to many popular brand remote controls. One among it has general set-up codes to check with TVs and other devices are given, in the order of the 'device's brand name list' in alphabetical order. Pull up older posts. Search the sites by type in the brand name to your device in its search box at the top right part of the display window. It will help you to find the document easily.
I have a Wizard 2 universal remote.What is the ode to operate the above tv?
Set-up (Programming) procedure is too much to type in here, and is not practical and it will differ brand-to-brand remote controls. If you wish to get more; check the sites linked here. It has set-up code list & set-up procedure to many popular brand remote controls. One among it has general set-up codes to check with TVs and other devices are given, in the order of the 'device's brand name list' in alphabetical order. Pull up older posts. Search the sites by type in the brand name to your device in its search box at the top right part of the display window. It will help you to find the document easily.
Is the tv internet ready?
WHERE DO I WRITE MY LED SMART TV CODE, IN ORDER TO HAVE THE SCREEM AUTOMATICALLY SET FOR FACEBOOK?
Set-up (Programming) procedure is too much to type in here, and is not practical and it will differ brand-to-brand remote controls. If you wish to get more; check the site linked here. It has set-up code list & set-up procedure to many popular brand remote controls. Pull up older posts.
Firmware update procedure to many popular brand TVs are given with screen-shot details.