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How technical debt is risking your security | Opensource.com
How technical debt is risking your security
A few security fixes now will help lighten the load of future developers using your software.
20 Mar 2020 Sam Bocetta Feed
Everyone knows they shouldn't take shortcuts, especially in their work, and yet everyone does. Sometimes it doesn't matter, but when it comes to code development, though, it definitely does.
As any experienced programmer knows, building your code the quick and dirty way soon leads to problems down the line. These issues might not be disastrous, but they incur a small penalty every time you want to develop your code further.
This is the basic idea behind technical debt, a term first coined by well-known programmer Ward Cunningham. Technical debt is a metaphor that explains the long-term burden developers and software teams incur when taking shortcuts, and has become a popular way to think about the extra effort that we have to do in future development because of the quick and dirty design choice.
"Security Debt" is an extension of this idea, and in this article, we'll take a look at what the term means, why it is a problem, and what you can do about it.
What is security debt?
To get an idea of how security debt works, we have to consider the software development lifecycle. Today, it's very rare for developers to start with a blank page, even for a new piece of software. At the very least, most programmers will start a new project with open source code copied from online repositories.
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They will then adapt and change this code to make their project. While they are doing this, there will be many points where they notice a security vulnerability. Something as simple as an error establishing a database connection can be an indication that systems are not playing well together, and that someone has taken a fast and dirty approach.
Then they have two options: they can either take an in-depth look at the code they are working with, and fix the issue at a fundamental level, or they can quickly paste extra code over the top that gets around the problem in a quick, inefficient way.
Given the demands of today's development environment, most developers choose the second route, and we can't blame them. The problem is that the next person who looks at the code is going to have to spend longer working out how it operates.
Time, as we all know, is money. Because of this, each time software needs to be changed, there will be a small cost to make it secure due to previous developers taking shortcuts. This is security debt.
How security debt threatens your software
There was a time when security debt was not a huge problem, at least not in the open source community. A decade ago, open source components had lifetimes measured in years and were freely available to everyone.
This meant that security issues in legacy code got fixed. Today, the increased speed of the development lifecycle and the increasingly censored internet means that developers can no longer trust third party code to the degree they used to.
This has led to a considerable increase in security debt for developers using open source components. Veracode's latest State of Software Security (SOSS) report found that security issues in open source software take about a month longer to be fixed than those in software that is sourced internally. Insourced software recorded the highest fix rates, but even software sourced from external contractors gets fixed faster, by about two weeks, than open source software.
The ultimate outcome of this – and one that the term "security debt" captures very well – is that most companies currently face security vulnerabilities throughout their entire software stack, and these are accumulating faster than they are fixed. In other words, developers have maxed out their security debt credit card, and are drowning in the debt they've incurred. This is particularly concerning when you consider that total household debt reached nearly $14 trillion in the United States alone in 2019.
How to avoid security debt
Avoiding a build-up of security debt requires that developers take a different approach to security than the one that is prevalent in the industry at the moment. Proven methods such as zero-knowledge cloud encryption, VPNs to promote online anonymity, and network intrusion prevention software are great, but they may also not be enough.
In fact, there might have been some developers who were scratching their heads during our definition of security debt above: how many of us think about the next poor soul who will have to check our code for security flaws?
Changing that way of thinking is key to preventing a build-up of security debt. Developers should take the time to thoroughly check their software for security vulnerabilities, not just during development, but after the release as well. Fix any errors now, rather than waiting for security holes to build up.
If that instruction sounds familiar, then well done. A continuity approach to software development is a critical component of layering security through DevOps, and one of the pillars of the emerging discipline of DevSecOps. Along with chaos engineering, these approaches seek to integrate security into development, testing, and assessment processes, and thereby prevent a build-up of security debt.
Just like a credit card, the key to avoiding security debt getting out of control is to avoid the temptation to take shortcuts in the first place. That's easier said than done, of course, but one of the key lessons from recent data breaches is that legacy systems that many developers assume are secure are just as full of shortcuts as recently written code.
Measure twice, cut once
Since security by default hasn't arrived yet, we must all try and do things properly in the future. Taking the fast, dirty approach might mean that you get to leave the office early, but ultimately that decision will come back to bite you.
If you finish early anyway, well done: you can use the time to read our best articles on security and check whether your code is as secure as you think it is.
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Collin Davis on 21 Mar 2020 Permalink
Hey Sam, great post. You are definitely right on the money when you mention about security debt. However I would like to believe that the onus is just not on the developers to not ensure security debt but also on the companies involved.
In the race to get a minimum viable product (MVP) to the market, a lot of companies force their devops teams to leave out the finer details and work on bugs as they occur.
This is what comes to haunt them back in future but then again it is a tough choice that businesses have to make - Do they build out a product with an extremely strong base which may potentially delay market launch, lead to more time spend or escalate costs or do we launch a product and then work on fixing it.


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True Colors of Kingdom of Human Rights Violation
Date: 22/11/2022 | Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (EN) | Read original version at source
Recently in the U.S., a video was posted where a white female student commits outrage at black female students uttering racist curses. It brought on public criticism. It shocked the world once again as it brought to light the horrible human rights situation of the U.S. which professes itself to be an "exemplary state of human rights".
Racial discrimination is an incurable malignant tumor of the American society.
In the American society, individualism serves as mental mainstay of the country and as the only mode of existence. So it is just natural that all sorts of inhumane crime are rampant there. These include extreme human hatred, money-is-almighty principle and the prevalent deformed and decadent life style, murder, robbery, rape and prostitution.
In recent days alone, sexual assaults brazenly took place in broad daylight even at Stanford University which is known to be a prestigious one and a bare-handed 15-year-old black boy was shot dead by the police in Mississippi under the pretext of "execution of the duties".
Moreover, a horrifying incident occurred in Chicago where only 5-month-old baby was dead after being hit in the head by a bullet fired from a passing vehicle.
Crimes of human rights violations such as political violation and blackmailing, racial discrimination and persecution, and indecent assaults and gun-related cases are becoming ever more serious in the U.S. Thus people are in mortal fear lest they should be killed at any time.
Even the U.S. "Declaration of Independence" which pledged to pursue right to life and happiness cannot stop the human rights violations rampant in the American society.
It is quite absurd for such a country to pose as a "human rights defender", a "human rights sympathizer" of the world who speaks for so-called "justice" and "truth", and to viciously slander the anti-imperialist, independent countries by releasing so called "country reports on human rights".
The U.S., the kingdom of crimes and the world's biggest obliterator of human rights, has no right to talk about human rights.
There is a saying that it's easier to see the faults of others than to detect one's own. The U.S. would be well-advised to worry about its own dismal human rights situation first.
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The Dominican Republic Ministry of Labour has announced that, contrary to what it had officially announced last fall, the non-working public holiday for the upcoming Restoration Day (Día de la Restauración) will be on Tuesday, August 16, 2011.
At the time when the official list of 2011 public holidays in the Dominican Republic was released (2010-11-04), we had commented that the listed date of Monday, August 15, 2011, for the Restoration Day public holiday was odd.
The reason was that the initial announcement of the list of 2011 public holidays in the Dominican Republic, ran counter to the 2008 Supreme Court decision (2008-02-21) which had declared as unconstitutional, articles 1-2-4 of law 139-97, which move the August 16 Restoration Day public holiday to the following Monday, whenever it falls on a Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday (1997-06-19).
A government announcement (Resolución No. 01/2011) in January (2011-01-06) specified that, in 2011, the August 16, Restoration Day, non-working public holiday will be observed on Tuesday, August 16, 2011, and not on the nearest Monday. However that announcement went largely unnoticed in the general public.
As August 16 fell on a Saturday/Sunday/Monday in 2008/2009/2010, the aforementioned ruling was only to have a concrete effect, for the first time, in 2011, and as such was apparently overlooked by the Ministry of Labour in its initial announcement of the official list of 2011 public holidays in the Dominican Republic.
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Tag Archives: Religious Instruction in Schools
Learning about Jewish Religion and Culture in Leszno
Posted by Marysia Galbraith in Catholicism, Fieldwork, Heritage work, Jewish Culture, Jewish Religion, Leszno, Museum, Polish-Jewish Heritage, Polish-Jewish relations, Synagogues
Leszno Regional Museum, Muzeum Okręgowe w Lesznie, Religious Instruction in Schools
"Why should we learn about Judaism?" Mirosława Maćkowiak asked, gazing kindly at my son's 5th grade class. The twenty-five ten-year-olds sat in chairs in the Jewish Gallery of the Leszno Regional Museum, which is housed in the former synagogue. I hurried to translate Maćkowiak's question; the language of instruction at the International School of Poznan is English, and only some of the students speak Polish. Maćkowiak, the curator of the Museum's Jewish collection, answered her own question: We should learn about Judaism because Jesus was a Jew. He celebrated all the Jewish holidays, followed all the Jewish laws, and dressed like a Jew. It's important to know about the older religion from which Christians came. Judaism is that older religion.
ISOP students heading to the museum in Leszno, 2015.
Ian's teacher, Ms. Ania grew up in Leszno, which is about 50 miles south of Poznan. Blond, with the perky beauty of a cheerleader, she is perhaps the only Pole I have ever met who openly declares herself an atheist. She developed a special interest in Judaism after getting to know some Jewish people in London. She lived on a kibbutz in Israel, where she absolutely loved the country and the people. When she returned to Poland, she made a point of learning more about its Jewish history. She brings her students to Leszno every year so they can see artifacts that once were part of the Jewish life that filled the city. She said there isn't really an equivalent space in Poznan, where the historic synagogue housed a public swimming pool for years, and closed to the public in 2012.
Ania and Mirosława have known each other for years, but each has a very different perspective on religion. Both are positively oriented toward Judaism, and celebrate the historic cultural and religious diversity of Poland, but Mirosława also makes the assumption that the Polish nation is Catholic, and so legitimizes Judaism for her young Polish audience by linking it to the origins of Christianity. Segments of the Catholic Church promote the perspective that Jews are "older brothers in faith, as I witnessed during Judaism Day, which has been a holiday of the Polish Catholic Church since 1997.
During our visit, Ania kept reminding Mirosława that her students were not there to study Judaism from a Catholic theological perspective. "Not all of my students are Catholic," she insisted. When Ania took a turn translating, she distanced herself from statements framed in a Christian perspective by prefacing them "According to Ms. Mirosława."
Jewish memory work in Leszno shows us a few things about what can be done with Jewish heritage in Poland. In Leszno, important tangible heritage survived the war, providing a foundation for building public awareness about the history of Leszno's Jewish population. Additionally, a local institution, the Leszno Regional Museum (Muzeum Okręgowe w Lesznie), became active in historical preservation right after the fall of communism, making Leszno one of the first communities in Poland to renovate Jewish structures, mount Jewish-themed exhibitions, and organize related public events. A central cornerstone of museum activity includes programs for school children, such as the one attended by my son's class.
Leszno is a regional center with a population of about 64,000. More than a century of Prussian rule contributed to German cultural influences, and in the mid-19th century, the Jewish population began to emigrate to other German cities. By 1923 the last Leszno rabbi departed and was not replaced; only 160 Jews remained in Leszno. When Leszno was absorbed into Hitler's Third Reich, the few remaining Jews were forced to move to places further east and then became victims of the Holocaust.
Besides the synagogue, several other buildings remain of the city's Jewish past: a mortuary building where bodies were prepared for burial, now the public library; a mikvah; and multiple houses within the narrow, winding streets of the Jewish district. Little remains of the cemetery, on which socialist-era concrete apartments were built in the 1970s. Some tombstones have returned, however, rediscovered in farmyards and under roads, and now wait in a pile outside the mortuary building until someone gathers the funds and the initiative to create a lapidarium.
Former synagogue, Leszno
Childhood home of Leo Baeck (1987-1958), rabbi and theologian of Liberal Judaism. Leszno.
Mortuary building, Leszno. Apartments behind it were built on the Jewish cemetery
Grave stones outside the former mortuary house, Leszno
Mikvah, Leszno
Jewish quarter, Leszno
Old House of Prayer, dating from the first half of the 18th century, Leszno Jewish quarter
The Leszno Regional Museum's impressive collection of Jewish sacred and everyday objects are mostly on loan from other regional museums. They are arranged in wood-framed glass display cases, each containing objects associated with a religious holiday. A laminated sheet on top of each case describes the historical and religious significance of the holiday, typical activities and meals, as well as characteristic objects associated with the holiday. For instance, one case contains artifacts relevant to Hanukah, mostly nine-candle menorahs called hanukiahs. The written description explains Hanukah, the Holiday of Lights, is "the eight-day holiday commemorating the triumph of Judah Maccabee against the Syrian army in 165 BC…." and explains, "Each day a successive candle is lit." Words like "hanukiah," "gelt," and "dreidel" are written in bold, followed by their definition and their significance for the holiday.
Students meet Mirosława Maćkowiak, Director of the Jewish Division of the Leszno Museum, in the former sanctuary of the synagogue
Maćkowiak, Director of the Jewish Division of the Leszno Museum, discusses Jewish religion and culture. On the wall hangs an ornately embroidered parochet, a curtain that would go in front of the wooden cabinet containing the Torah scrolls.
Shabbat artifacts, including cups, tray, spice tower, and challah draped by a white cloth, Leszno Museum.
Torah, crown and cover, Leszno Museum.
Barrel and dippers for ablution, Leszno Museum.
Maćkowiak explains to the the children how to use a yad, a Torah pointer, Leszno Museum.
Another case labeled "Shabbat table" contains silver cups, goblets, spice towers, candlesticks, a tray, and a knife, all arranged atop a white linen cloth. Two loaves of challah covered with a white cloth complete the display. The information sheet says, "Shabbat (rest) is the most important weekly Jewish holiday, in which there is an obligatory restriction on doing any kind of work. It begins on Friday at sunset and ends on Saturday at dusk. It is a joyful holiday." It goes on to describe how candles are lit by a woman, while the father of the family says a prayer called kaddish (written in bold). Further, it explains that herbs are placed in the spice tower (bessamin, the Hebrew word is written in bold) and lit on fire. It describes typical Shabbat food, including challah, chicken soup, and the single-dish meal for Saturday dinner called cholent (again, this term is in bold).
The texts signal continuity over change. Jewish culture is portrayed as something that does not modernize. But this emphasis on normative customs also relegates Jewish culture to the past. The objects on display are old, most dating back to the 19th and early 20th centuries. While many of the objects, such as hanukiahs and Shabbat goblets, have contemporary equivalents that remain part of standard Jewish cultural and religious practice, other objects on display are artifacts of a former era. For instance, one of particular interest to the ten-year-olds on my son's fieldtrip was a massive copper barrel set on the floor in a corner. Mirosława Maćkowiak explained that it would have been placed at the entrance of a mortuary building or some other place where it was customary for Jews to wash their hands. She pointed to two two-handled containers tacked to the wall above the barrel, and said they would have been used to scoop out and pour the water. She related this practice to the importance of cleanliness in the Jewish tradition.
Maćkowiak made similar generalizations about the value Jews placed on education, their kosher dietary practices, as well as the kinds of activities restricted on the Sabbath, such as cooking or turning lights on or off. She made no mention of the fact that many contemporary Jews dispense with these practices, nor did she discuss historical variation among Jewish populations. Even though Mirosława Maćkowiak talked about Judaism as a living religion, still practiced by millions of people worldwide, the static portrayal within the museum exhibition reflects the absence of Jews within contemporary Polish society.
My son's class, when given the opportunity, gazed at the articles in the display cases with curiosity. Of far greater interest to them, however, was the hands-on demonstration by Maćkowiak in front of a two-meter tall display case intended as the focal point of the room. She explained that this was meant to evoke the most sacred part of a synagogue—the Aron haKodesh, where the Torah scrolls are stored. She pointed out the parochet hanging on the wall to the right of the case, explaining elaborately embroidered curtains such as this would cover the front of the wooden Torah cabinet. She pointed out the items in the case, including a silver crown set atop a fabric Torah cover, as well as some Torah scrolls wound around wooden dowels. Then she put on white archivist gloves, and took out a silver yad with a pointing end shaped like a tiny hand with its index finger extended, and demonstrated how such pointers were used to read the Torah from right to left without touching the parchment.
My son's class was not the traditional school group. Their teacher brought them as part of a unit on world religions, where the emphasis was on cultural and religious diversity. By contrast, most school trips are initiated by religion teachers.
In most cases, religion is taught by Catholic clergy during the regular school day. This is an artifact of a law passed in 1991 in reaction to the Communist rejection of religion. As a reassertion of the centrality of religion for the Polish nation, religious education in schools became standard. Over the years, many have complained to me about it, but very few go to the trouble of filing the necessary paperwork to have their children attend "ethics" classes instead. After all, 90% of Poles identify as Catholic, and children risk ostracization if they are singled out like that.
Notably, this law passed at the same time that Jewish heritage work came out of the shadows and spurred public projects like the one that established the Jewish exhibition in Leszno. Poland is a complicated place, and relations between Jewish and non-Jewish Polish culture and history are a fundamental knot at the center of that complexity.


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In 1930/31 werd het zestiende Oost-Pruisisch voetbalkampioenschap gespeeld, dat georganiseerd werd door de Baltische voetbalbond.

VfB Königsberg werd kampioen en plaatste zich voor de Baltische eindronde. Als vicekampioen mocht ook Prussia-Samland naar die eindronde. Prussia-Samland werd kampioen, terwijl VfB vicekampioen werd. Beide clubs plaatsten zich zo voor de eindronde om de Duitse landstitel. Prussia-Samland verloor in de eerste ronde van Holstein Kiel. VfB verloor in de eerste ronde opnieuw met dezelfde 8-1 cijfers van vorig jaar van Dresdner SC.

Reguliere competitie
De Ostpreußenliga die de afgelopen vier seizoenen gespeeld werd verdween dit seizoen. In de plaats kwamen er drie Bezirksliga's. De Bezirksliga Königsberg werd opnieuw in ere hersteld, de andere zes Bezirksliga's werd verdeeld over een Bezirksliga Nord en Bezirksliga Süd.

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Bezirksliga Nord

Kwalificatieronde

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Hindenburg Lötzen werd gediskwalificeerd nadat ze twee keer niet opdaagden voor een wedstrijd, alle verdere wedstrijdenwerden als een 0-0 verlies aangerekend.

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SpVgg Memel had een bye
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Nearly 400 law enforcement officials rushed to Uvalde school, but "systemic failures" created a chaotic scene before gunman who took 21 lives was finally confronted and killed, investigation concludes.
Gunman fired approximately 142 rounds inside the building, and it is "almost certain" that at least 100 shots came before any officer entered, says report. (AP)
A US probe of the Texas school shooting that left 21 dead has blamed "systemic failures" and poor leadership for contributing to the death toll.
The Texas House of Representatives committee investigation marked the most exhaustive attempt so far to determine why it took more than an hour for police to confront and kill the 18-year-old gunman at Robb Elementary School on May 24.
The 77-page report released on Sunday said 376 law enforcement officers rushed to the school in a chaotic scene marked by a lack of clear leadership and sufficient urgency.
"Other than the attacker, the Committee did not find any 'villains' in the course of its investigation," the report stated. "Instead, we found systemic failures and egregious poor decision making."
"At Robb Elementary, law enforcement responders failed to adhere to their active shooter training, and they failed to prioritise saving innocent lives over their own safety," the report said.
The gunman fired approximately 142 rounds inside the building, and it is "almost certain" that at least 100 shots came before any officer entered, according to the report.
"The void of leadership could have contributed to the loss of life as injured victims waited over an hour for help, and the attacker continued to sporadically fire his weapon."
After the report's release, the mayor of Uvalde announced that the city's acting police chief on the day of massacre has been placed on leave after a new report found wide failures by law enforcement.
Uvalde mayor Don McLaughlin said Lieutenant Mariano Pargas had been placed on administrative leave to determine whether he was responsible for taking command after a gunman entered the school, killing 19 children and two teachers.
READ MORE: US police under fire over 'late' response to Texas school massacre
#BREAKING: The Texas House Robb Elementary school shooting investigative committee released their 82-page preliminary report this afternoon which finds 'systemic failure' from law enforcement on May 24th.
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'They're a joke'
The report described "shortcomings and failures of the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District and of various agencies and officers of law enforcement" and "an overall lackadaisical approach" by the authorities.
"It's a joke. They're a joke. They've got no business wearing a badge. None of them do," Vincent Salazar, grandfather of 11-year-old Layla Salazer, said.
The report followed weeks of closed-door interviews with more than 40 people, including witnesses and law enforcement who were on the scene of the shooting.
Video posted last week by the Austin American-Statesman newspaper showed police took cover in a hallway for 77 minutes before they stormed the two joined classrooms and exchanged fire with him.
Authorities said in May that frantic children inside the classrooms called 911 at least six times while officers waited in the hallway.
The report is the result of one of several investigations into the shooting, including another led by the Justice Department.
A report earlier this month by tactical experts at Texas State University alleged that a Uvalde police officer had a chance to stop the gunman before he went inside the school armed with an AR-15.
But in an example of the conflicting statements and disputed accounts since the shooting, Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin has said that never happened.
That report had been done at the request of the Texas Department of Public Safety, which McLaughlin has increasingly criticised and accused of trying to minimize the role of its troopers during the massacre.
Steve McCraw, the head of Texas DPS, has called the police response an abject failure.
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Polish Bikers Resolve to Ensure Safe Passage for Russia's Night Wolves
Polish bikers have adopted a resolution vowing that the Russian 'Night Wolves' motorcycle club will get safe passage through Poland on their way to Berlin for... 20.04.2015, Sputnik International
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Polish bikers have adopted a resolution vowing that the Russian 'Night Wolves' motorcycle club will get safe passage through Poland on their way to Berlin for Victory Day, Poland's TVN24 reports.
Brothers-in-Arms: Polish Bikers to Support Russian Bikers' Ride Via Poland
17 April 2015, 17:43 GMT
Participating in the annual pilgrimage to the Josna Gora Monastary in Czestochowa, southern Poland, which marks the traditional opening of the motorcycle season in the country, 'Katyn Rally' commander Wiktor Wegrzyn called on local bikers to adopt a resolution to ensure that the Russians receive "security and hospitality" on Polish territory.
"We, the Polish motorcyclists gathered at the 12th Rally to Jasna Gora named after Rev. Zdzislaw Peszkowski, reaffirm our solidarity with the bikers of the world, and ensure security and hospitality on Polish territory," Wegrzyn noted.
"Today, when functionaries from Polish newspapers and television, using misinformation, have unleashed the baiting our Russian motorcyclist guests hitherto unprecedented in Polish tradition, factually calling on the use of physical violence against them, we declare: The Russian motorcyclists will travel safely through Poland," Wegrzyn declared.
The Katyn Raid Motocross commander emphasized that a "boycott," or worse, "an attack on the Russian bikers, is something against our culture, against Polish morals."
Wegrzyn noted that "we will not allow for any adventurism, and will ensure [the Russians] safe passage and hospitality, of the same kind that they have provided for 14 years to the motorcyclists of the Katyn Raid on all our trips to the East."
The Polish veteran biker explained that "the Russian biker rally from Moscow to Berlin on the 70th Anniversary of Victory over Germany, visiting the battlefields and cemeteries of their forefathers, has the same meaning for the Russians as the Katyn Rally does for Poles."
Poland's PM at Odds With Country's Bikers Over Night Wolves V-Day Ride
Wegrzyn asked the gathered bikers to vote on the resolution via the sounding of their horns. Agreeing to his proposal, the bikers then got down to administrative affairs, announcing that the Russians would be met April 27th at the Terespol-Brest border between Poland and Belarus, from where they would be escorted through Poland before moving south to the Czech Republic.
Belarusian Bikers Divided on Participating in Victory Ride
Last week, Alexei Bakulchik, the head of the Minsk branch of the Night Wolves, told Belarus news hub Naviny.by that between 20-30 Belarusian bikers, mostly fellow Night Wolves, would accompany the Russian bikers on their trip through Belarus, stopping by at wartime historical sites in Khatyn, the Kurgan Slavy memorial complex, and the Brest Fortress.
Other Belarusian biker clubs have said that they will not be joining the Russians, the Road Dogs club preparing their own trips through Belarus to mark the Great Victory, with the Racing Clan club's leaders stating that they wish to stay away from politically charged events.
Unlike Americans Russian Bikers Going to Europe Unarmed - Czech Media
Over the past week, Poland has seen an intense debate about whether or not the Night Wolves should be allowed to ride through the country on their way to Berlin. Activists, media and even politicians have stepped out against the affair, while others, among them with the country's bikers, stepped out to defend the Russians.
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1) Dreamland: a novel
[2022]. Random House
452 pages (large type) ; 24 cm
[2022] Random House Audio
1 audio media player (10 hrs.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Wish comes a poignant love story about risking everything for a dream--and whether it's possible to leave the past behind. Colby Mills once felt destined for a musical career, until tragedy grounded his aspirations. Now the head of a small family farm in North Carolina, he spontaneously takes a gig playing at a bar in St. Pete's Beach, Florida, seeking a rare break from his duties at home. But...
2) The wish
Book, CD audio book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Large Print
x, 387 pages ; 22 cm
10 audio discs (approximately 11 hr., 45 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
2021 Hachette Book Group
2021. Grand Central Publishing Large Print
xii, 608 pages (large print) ; 22 cm
"1996 was the year that changed everything for Maggie Dawes. Sent away at sixteen to live with an aunt she barely knew in Ocracoke, a remote village on North Carolina's Outer Banks, she could think only of the friends and family she left behind . . . until she meets Bryce Trickett, one of the few teenagers on the island. Handsome, genuine, and newly admitted to West Point, Bryce gradually shows her how much there is to love about the wind-swept beach...
3) Every breath
[2018] Grand Central Publishing
[Unabridged].
8 audio discs (approximately 9 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
x, 466 pages (large print) ; 22 cm
Hope Anderson is at a crossroads. At thirty-six, she's been dating her boyfriend, an orthopedic surgeon, for six years. With no wedding plans in sight, and her father recently diagnosed with ALS, she decides to use a week at her family's cottage in Sunset Beach, North Carolina, to ready the house for sale and mull over some difficult decisions about her future. Tru Walls has never visited North Carolina but is summoned to Sunset Beach by a letter...
4) The best of me
NYT - Combined Hardcover & Paperback Fiction
F SPA
c2011 Grand Central Pub
ix, 292 p. ; 22 cm.
8 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 sound disc (digital, MP3 format ; 4 3/4 in.)
2011 Grand Central Pub
x, 496 p. (large print) ; 22 cm.
1 sound media player (ca. 9 hr., 30 min.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
This is the story of two small-town former high school sweethearts from opposite sides of the tracks. Now middle-aged, they have taken wildly divergent paths, but neither has lived the life they imagined, and neither can forget the passionate first love that forever altered their world. When they are both called back to their hometown for the funeral of the mentor who once gave them shelter, they will be forced to confront the choices each has made,...
5) See me
[2015] Blackstone Audio, Inc
13 audio discs (14 hr., 23 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
"Colin Hancock is giving his second chance his best shot. At 28, he's focused only on walking a straight line - getting his teaching degree, working out at the gym religiously, and avoiding all the places and people that proved so destructive in his earlier life. The last thing he's looking for is a serious relationship. But when Maria Sanchez crosses paths with him on a rainswept night in North Carolina, his plans are upended in a way that will rattle...
6) Two by two
13 audio discs (900 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
First [large print] edition.
"At 32, Russell Green has it all: a stunning wife, a lovable six year-old daughter, a successful career as an advertising executive and an expansive home in Raleigh. He is living the dream, and his marriage to the bewitching Vivian is the center of that. But underneath the shiny surface of this perfect existence, fault lines are beginning to appear...and no one is more surprised than Russ when he finds every aspect of the life he took for granted...
7) The return
8 audio discs (10 hr.) : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in.
"Trevor Benson never intended to move back to New Bern, NC. But when a mortar blast outside the hospital where he worked as an orthopedic surgeon sent him home from Afghanistan with devastating injuries, the dilapidated cabin he inherited from his grandfather seemed as good a place to regroup as any. Tending to his grandfather's beloved bee hives while gearing up for a second stint in medical school, Trevor isn't prepared to fall in love with a local...
8) The longest ride
11 sound discs (780 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
xiv, 653 pages (large print) ; 22 cm.
The lives of 91-year-old Ira Levinson, young cowboy Luke, and Wake Forest College senior Sophia Danko converge in an extraordinary and unexpected way as Ira clings to his wife Ruth's words and his memories and Sophia finds herself imagining a future far removed from her plans.
9) The choice
Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Large Print
Hachette Audiobooks
Resisting romantic commitments while enjoying a life of boating, swimming, and barbecues, Travis Parker is unable to deny his attraction to new neighbor Gabby Holland, a defensive woman whose long-time boyfriend further challenges Travis' growing feelings.
10) The notebook
1996 Warner Books
p1997 Recorded Books
5 compact discs (6 hrs.) : analog ; 4 3/4 in.
[2010], p1997 Playaway Digital Audio
1 sound media player (6 hr.) : digital ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Experience the unforgettable, heartbreaking love story set in post-World War II North Carolina about a young socialite and the boy who once stole her heart — one of PBS's "Great American Reads".
Every so often a love story so captures our hearts that it becomes more than a story-it becomes an experience to remember forever. The Notebook is such a book. It is a celebration of how passion can be ageless and timeless, a tale...
11) The lucky one
p2008 Hachette Audio
9 sound discs (10.5 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Is there really such thing as a lucky charm? The hero of Nicholas Sparks's new novel believes he's found one in the form of a photograph of a smiling woman he's never met, but who he comes to believe holds the key to his destiny. The chain of events that leads to him possessing the photograph and finding the woman pictured in it is the stuff of love stories.
12) At first sight
viii, 277 p. ; 22 cm.
Jeremy Marsh is now living in Boone Creek, North Carolina, married to Lexie Darnell, and awaiting the birth of their daughter, but, just when things are looking good, an unsettling and mysterious message brings trouble from the past.
13) True believer
503 p. (large print) ; 22 cm.
Part love story and part ghost story, this is an unforgettable New York Times bestseller about a science journalist and a North Carolina librarian who dare to believe in the impossible.
As a science journalist with a regular column in Scientific American, Jeremy Marsh specializes in debunking the supernatural-until he falls in love with the granddaughter of the town psychic.
When Jeremy receives a letter from Boone Creek,...
14) Safe haven
2010 Grand Central Pub. Large Print
ix, 528 p. (large print) ; 22 cm.
[2010] [Manufactured and distributed by] Findaway World, LLC
1 sound media player : digital ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
"When a mysterious young woman named Katie appears in the small North Carolina town of Southport, her sudden arrival raises questions about her past. Beautiful yet self-effacing, Katie seems determined to avoid forming personal ties until a series of events draws her into two reluctant relationships: one with Alex, a widowed store owner with a kind heart and two young children; and another with her plainspoken single neighbor, Jo. Despite her reservations,...
15) The rescue
First Responders Appreciation
2005, c2000 Warner Books
c2000 Warner Books
p2000 Chivers Sound Library
10 sound discs (8 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Reluctant to take chances in the world of romance, volunteer firefighter Taylor McAden experiences a dramatic change of heart after a near-fatal automobile accident leads to a fateful encounter with Denise Holden.
16) Nights in Rodanthe
2005 Hachette Audiobooks
2002 Random House Large Print
Adrienne Willis is 45 and has been divorced for three years, abandoned by her husband for a younger woman. The trials of raising her teenage children and caring for her sick father have worn her down, but at the request of a friend and in hopes of respite, she's gone to the coastal village of Rodanthe in North Carolina to tend the local inn for the weekend. With a major storm brewing, the time away doesn't look promising ... until a guest named Paul...
17) A walk to remember
xi, 240 p. ; 20 cm.
xii, 308 p. (large print) ; 25 cm.
A high school rebel and a minister's daughter find strength in each other in this star-crossed tale of "young but everlasting love" (Chicago Sun-Times).
There was a time when the world was sweeter....when the women in Beaufort, North Carolina, wore dresses, and the men donned hats.... Every April, when the wind smells of both the sea and lilacs, Landon Carter remembers 1958, his last year at Beaufort High. Landon had dated a girl...
18) A bend in the road
NYT - Mass Market
p2001 Books On Tape
9 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Fall in love with this small-town love story about a widower sheriff and a divorced schoolteacher who are searching for second chances — only to be threatened by long-held secrets of the past.
Miles Ryan's life seemed to end the day his wife was killed in a hit-and-run accident two years ago. As deputy sheriff of New Bern, North Carolina, he not only grieves for her and worries about their young son Jonah but longs to bring the unknown...
19) Three weeks with my brother
8 sound discs (72 min. each) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
In a memoir written with his brother, the popular author describes how the two of them dealt with their grief over the untimely deaths of their parents and only sister by embarking on a three-week odyssey around the world.
20) The wedding
viii, 468 p. (large print) ; 22 cm.
In this stunning New York Times bestselling follow-up to The Notebook, a hardworking but distant husband vows to win back the love of his life by looking to Noah and Allie's legendary romance.
After thirty years, Wilson Lewis is forced to face a painful truth: the romance has gone out of his marriage. His wife, Jane, has fallen out of love with him, and it is entirely his fault. Despite the shining example of his in-laws,...
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1. In this randomized controlled trial, prophylactic lanadelumab reduced attack frequency and severity in patients with hereditary angioedema compared to placebo.
2. The most common adverse reactions associated with lanadelumab treatment were injection site reactions and headache.
Study Rundown: Hereditary angioedema is an autosomal dominant disorder caused by C1 inhibitory deficiency (type I) or dysfunction (type II). While current therapeutic options require frequent monitoring or intravenous access, subcutaneous injections of the human monoclonal antibody against kallikrein, lanadelumab, may be used prophylactically to reduce the frequency and intensity of attacks. In this randomized controlled trial, angioedema attack frequency and severity was reduced with lanadelumab compared with placebo over 26 weeks. Quality of life scores were also improved with lanadelumab. The most common adverse effects with lanadelumab treatment were injection site reactions and headaches.
While the use of lanadelumab for patients with hereditary angioedema is promising, the small size of the study introduced imbalances in the demographics that may represent potential confounders. In addition, the study period of only a half-year will require future follow-up to determine long-term efficacy and adverse effects.
In-Depth [randomized controlled trial]: In the Hereditary Angioedema Long-term Prophylaxis (HELP) trial conducted at 41 sites in Canada, Europe, Jordan, and the United States, patients who were 12 years or older with a confirmed diagnosis of hereditary angioedema types I or II were recruited to receive lanadelumab (n = 84) or placebo (n = 41). There was a 4-week run-in-period, preceded by a >= 2-week washout of any long-term prophylactic therapy, to determine baseline attack rate. Patients were randomized 2:1 to receive subcutaneously injected lanadelumab or placebo. Lanadelumab patients were assigned in a 1:1:1 ratio: 150mg every 4 weeks, 300mg every 4 weeks, or 300mg every 2 weeks. The primary endpoint was the number of attacks during the 26-week treatment period. The mean number of attacks in the placebo group was 1.97 (CI95 1.64-2.36) compared with 0.48 (CI95 0.31-0.73) in the 150mg every-4-week group, 0.53 (CI95 0.36-0.77) in the 300mg every-4-week group, and 0.26 (CI95 0.14-0.46) in the 300mg every-2-week group. Patients treated with lanadelumab had improved quality of life total scores (150-mg every-4-week group p = .047; 300-mg every-4-week group p = .07; 300-mg every-2-week group p = .001). Patients who received lanadelumab had more attack-free days (p < 0.001), reduced on-demand C1-inhibitor use (20.2% vs 65.9%; p < 0.001), and fewer moderate or severe attacks per month (p < 0.001). Most treatment-related adverse effects were mild to moderate (98.5%) and mainly comprised injection site pain (41.7%), injection site erythema (9.5%), injection site bruising (6.0%), and headache (7.1%).


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Q: How to draw a triangle? I've inherited the Control class to create a custom user control used to put some shapes, I would like to draw a triangle inside the control counds and I'm drawing an inner border in the triangle but I have messed my head with the pointers, I can't find the right calculation of the points (maths are not my speciality) then instead a triangle I get this ugly figure:

Below is the relevant part of the code that draws the lines, the problem I think is the fourth PointF

Notes

p object is the Pen instance that I use to draw the lines.
The BorderWidth property of the property grid in the image above is just to set the p.Width

Code

Case Figures.Triangle
    Dim trianglePoints As PointF() =
        {
            New PointF(p.Width / 4.0F, CSng(Me.Height) + (p.Width / 2.0F)),
            New PointF(CSng(Me.Width) / 2.0F, p.Width),
            New PointF(CSng(Me.Width) - (p.Width / 4.0F), CSng(Me.Height) + (p.Width / 2.0F)),
            New PointF(-CSng(Me.Height) + p.Width, CSng(Me.Width / 2) - p.Width)
        }

    Using gp As New Drawing2D.GraphicsPath(FillMode.Alternate)

        gp.AddLines(trianglePoints)
        gp.CloseFigure()

        With e.Graphics

            If Not Me._InnerColor = Color.Transparent Then

                Using b As New SolidBrush(Me._InnerColor)
                    .FillPath(b, gp)
                End Using

            End If

            .DrawLines(p, trianglePoints)

        End With

    End Using

A: The last element of the array must be same as first (to close the figure)
Dim trianglePoints As PointF() =
    {
        New PointF(p.Width / 2.0F, CSng(Me.Height) - (p.Width / 2.0F)),
        New PointF(CSng(Me.Width) / 2.0F, p.Width / 2F),
        New PointF(CSng(Me.Width) - (p.Width / 2.0F), CSng(Me.Height) - (p.Width / 2.0F)),
        New PointF(p.Width / 2.0F, CSng(Me.Height) - (p.Width / 2.0F))
    }

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The Dynasty Guru's Top 50 Dynasty League Catchers, #1-20
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Without further ado, it's time to begin our 2019 consensus rankings by looking at the league's top-20 finest catchers in dynasty leagues. A few names reign supreme in the wasteland of fantasy catcher, but between a new Catcher King being crowned, the erstwhile King being deposed to 10th and the Prince Who Was Promised failing to maintain his top spot, catcher is actually interesting!
1. JT Realmuto, Miami Marlins, (Age: 28, Previous Rank: 4)
Like a fine wine, Realmuto keeps getting better with age. Realmuto put up career highs in several categories last year: Homers (21), Runs (74), RBI (74), BB% (7.2%) and an ISO of over .200. Realmuto also lead all catchers in wRC+ with 126. Surprisingly, the steals took a step back (only swiping three in five attempts). I expect the speed to come back and Realmuto to be pushing double digits thefts again. Even without it, his performance over the last few years and consistent improvements are enough to land at our top ranked catcher for 2019. (Keaton O. DeRocher)
A Realmuto Haiku:
To be better than
The best, you must be better
Than the rest; he is
2. Gary Sanchez, New York Yankees, (Age: 26, Previous Rank: 1)
Injuries hampered Sanchez in 2018, only allowing him to play in 89 games, but his befuddling stat line across those 89 games is what dropped him to number two for us. Sanchez posted a batting average of .186 ("helped" by a presumably unsustainable .197 BABIP), over 100 points lower than his career average entering the season. There are signs that point to much better 2019 campaign though: Sanchez put up well above-average numbers in barrel rate (12.3%), exit velocity (90.2 MPH), launch angle (14.3º) and hard hit rate (41.1%). All of this suggests that Sanchez truly had terrible luck swinging the bat. (Keaton O. DeRocher)
A Sanchez Haiku:
Hits the ball harder
Hits the ball much farther than
3. Willson Contreras, Chicago Cubs, (Age: 26, Previous Rank: 3)
Across Contreras' stat line, he was actually very consistent compared to the previous two seasons, aside from the glaring differences in his homers (10) and batting average (.249). Digging a little deeper, the culprit seems to be his hard-hit rate. Dropping 7% from the previous season (from 35% to 28%), the softer hit balls lead to fewer homers and more outs. Further, Contreras increased his launch angle from 5% to 6%. This is very fixable and it's reasonable to expect Contreras to be back to hitting 20+ homers with a .270+ average in 2019. (Keaton O. DeRocher)
A Contreras Haiku:
Hit the ball hard and
Good things happen. Contreras
Could be reminded
4. Sal Perez, Kansas City Royals, (Age: 29, Previous Rank: 6)
Perez might be the most consistent catcher on this list, having put up top numbers at the position over the last seven-to-eight years and there's no reason to suspect it will not continue. In fact, Perez put up a career-best hard-hit rate (a full 10% more than his career average) coming into the season. Helped by his increased exit velocity (91 MPH) and barrel rate (11%), Perez was able to match his 2017 homer output while his batting average dropped to .235. That dip in average was helped by a dip in BABIP, so it's realistic to expect that to self-correct. (Keaton O. DeRocher)
A Perez Haiku:
Perez keeps churning
Churning, churning and burning
Ol' reliable
5. Francisco Mejia, San Diego Padres, (Age: 23, Previous Rank: 5)
The top catching prospect on our list for the second straight year, Mejia again put up impressive numbers in the minors, hitting just shy of .300 and matching his minors-best 14 homers for the second straight year. After being dealt to San Diego from a crowded Cleveland catching situation, Mejia should be given some run to show what he can do at the major league level. Still possessing one of the best hit tools in the minors, one way or another Mejia's bat should force San Diego's hand. (Keaton O. DeRocher)
A Mejia Haiku:
Let the damn kid play
He has been ready for a while
6. Danny Jansen, Toronto Blue Jays, (Age: 23 Previous Rank: 29)
The second of three prospects in the top 10, Jansen's stock has been on a rise over the past two seasons while putting some impressive hitting on display across three levels of the minors. Having a cup of coffee in the majors in 2018, Jansen gave us a glimpse of what's to come. Over 31 games Jansen tallied three homers, a .195 ISO, and showed impressive discipline at the plate with a 10% walk rate. Albeit in a small sample size, his Statcast numbers were very impressive (barrel rate of 9.6%, an exit velocity of 85.1 MPH and an eye-popping launch angle of 21.1º). He looks pretty good! (Keaton O. DeRocher)
A Jansen Haiku:
Jansen hits the ball
Jansen hits the ball so far
7. Yasmani Grandal, FA, (Age: 30, Previous Rank: 11)
In what was probably our biggest miss as a whole last season, Grandal was ranked outside the top 10 and behind his teammate Austin Barnes. I admit, I was one of those who was very, very wrong. 2017 was a step back in production, but maintaining his grasp on the starting role in 2018 allowed him to have himself a very nice bounce back (24 homers, an ISO of .225, and increasing his walk rate while decreasing his strikeout rate). Now entering his age-30 season as a free agent, wherever Grandal lands, it should be more of the same. (Keaton O. DeRocher)
A Grandal Haiku:
OK I get it,
I was so very very
Very very Wrong
8. Wilson Ramos, New York Mets, (Age: 31, Previous Rank: 9)
In 2018, Ramos posted his third consecutive season with an ISO over .180. When he has been on the field Ramos has been one of the most consistent catchers in the game. However, it's the "staying on the field" part that seems to be the issue. Injuries have always followed Ramos, and the past two seasons were no different. Ramos started the season on a tear, enough to be named an All-Star for the American League, but due to injuries he was unable to play in the game and missed about two months in the second half. Seems reasonable to expect some missed time with Ramos but your fantasy team could certainly do worse than The Buffalo. (Keaton O. DeRocher)
A Ramos Haiku:
Buffalos are strong,
And so is Ramos, when not hurt.
Buffalo Power!
9. Joey Bart, San Francisco Giants, (Age: 22, Previous Rank: NR)
The heir-apparent in San Francisco, Bart carries a tremendous bat at the plate paired with solid defense behind it. In his pro debut across 51 games, Bart launched 13 homers, 40 RBI, and slashed .294/.364/.588, even adding two steals in three attempts. Bart's plate discipline wasn't all that bad either, posting a walk rate of 5% and a strikeout rate of 20%. As he progresses through the minors though, those rates are worth keeping an eye on. Sweet Baby Bart is as sexy as it gets at the catcher position, and the No. 2 overall pick should be a quick riser to the big leagues. (Keaton O. DeRocher)
A Bart Haiku:
The new golden boy
The new prince that was promised
Now his watch begins
10. Buster Posey, San Francisco Giants, (Age: 32 Previous Rank: 3)
All good things must come to an end; Father Time is undefeated. He's past the 30 year-old expiration date in fantasy, [insert other cliche about olds here]. 2018 was a step back for Posey and after much speculation, it seems now there is the legitimate concern of how much time Posey actually has left at catcher. Posey failed to reach double digit homers for the first time since 2012 and posted his career worst batting average (.284) in his major league career. Several of his usually reliable stats took steps back and coming off an injury, coupled with his age, we may be looking at the last of Buster Posey the catcher. (Keaton O. DeRocher)
A Posey Haiku:
Once the pinnacle,
His light is fading, and now,
His watch is ending
11. Keibert Ruiz, Los Angeles Dodgers, (Age: 20, Previous Rank: 28)
The 20-year-old struggled from time to time in Double-A, but managed to finish the year with a decent overall offensive campaign. Key to remember when analyzing Ruiz is his youth. Ruiz was 4.8 years younger than the rest of his peers last year, and that makes his performance all the more impressive. Concerning for this analyst, though, is a drop in ISO to .130, despite smashing 12 dingers in the Texas League.
Power isn't Ruizes game anyway, the catching prospect is very much all about his approach. He swings often, but makes an incredible amount of contact, thereby keeping his strikeout rate extremely low. He also walks enough to let you know he can still take a pitch. Ruiz will certainly help you in ratios, and will likely provide mid-teens homers for a long time. The other Dodgers' catching prospect, Will Smith, has the opportunity to seize playing time away in 2018, but Ruiz is still a tremendously valuable asset who should produce in the majors in short order. (Patrick Magnus)
12. Jorge Alfaro, Philadelphia Phillies, (Age: 25, Previous Rank: 14)
Known for his ability to absolutely murder baseballs, but an all-or-nothing approach without proper plate discipline (a dreadful 36.6% strikeout rate). He hits the ball out at +3 MPH above league average, but his launch angle of a 8.2 confirms indicates that 47.8% groundball rate isn't a fluke. We want those balls in the air and over defenders!
The good news is that Alfaro has youth on his side, as he's only 25 years-old. Catchers take a long time to develop, and there's still time for a post-hype breakout of Alfaro. The barren wasteland that is catcher makes the power hitting backstop's potential worthy of a top 20 ranking. There might be safer catchers on this list, but almost none of them have the power upside of Alfaro. (Patrick Magnus)
13. Mike Zunino, Tampa Bay Rays, (Age: 27, Previous Rank: 7)
I just finished telling you there isn't a catcher with quite the power upside as Alfaro; if anyone's got a chance it's Zunino. He did double Alfaro's power output last year (20 in 2018) after all, and he's only two years older! But he failed to provide value anywhere else, posting a putrid average of .201 and an on-base percentage below .300. Beyond the power, Zunino was no bueno.
We can't bank on anything other than power from the newly-minted Rays catcher. There's a small chance that he's able to duplicate his 2017 campaign and produce an OBP near .330 [believe in that Extra 2%-Ed.]. That would certainly give this ranking some validity. However, as has been mentioned before, catcher is a very bad, no good position. Thus the power alone ensures a ranking within the top 20. Just beware of those ratios. (Patrick Magnus)
14. Yadier Molina, St. Louis Cardinals, (Age: 36, Previous Rank: 15)
If I said "36-year-old dynasty catcher," you'd think bad, retired, or dead. If you'd traded Molina when he was 30, my guess is you've likely regretted it, as his production has been very good these last six years, and even managed to regain his power stroke these last two years. The average has trickled down, but .260 is nothing to complain about from catcher (see Zunino).
Yet we can't rely on Molina for much longer in dynasty. After 2020, Molina will most likely retire and your dynasty team will need to move on from the old man. Still, he should produce strong value in 2019 and 2020 with at-least mid-teens pop and average somewhere between .260-270. Those of you with competing squads shouldn't blink twice about riding out the final years of Molina. (Patrick Magnus)
15. Daulton Varsho, Arizona Diamondbacks, (Age: 22, Previous Rank: 49)
Ooooh yeah! Be still my beating heart, because we're talking about Daulton Varsho! He is my BAE. I can't get enough of the power-speed combo that Varsho offers. Taking a look at his stat line, there's the captivating 12 homers and 19 steals, but what's even more impressive is that he did this in a season where he suffered injury (a hamate injury in June, vanquishing his power for the remainder of the season).
Now might be an excellent time to buy low on the young catcher. The injury clearly zapped his power as he only hit three dingers upon his return, and while the numbers are still impressive they aren't what they could have been in a healthy season. It's encouraging that Varsho is back and played in the Arizona Fall League, as he won't have missed large amounts of time that may screw with his development. However, it would have been nice to have a little more reassurance (like even one homer in the AFL!) that the hamate injury has subsided. (Patrick Magnus)
16. Andrew Knizner, St. Louis Cardinals, (Age: 23, Previous Rank: 43)
Who's going to take the mantle from Molina in St. Louis? Carson Kelly didn't exactly make the case for being next in line (and then was traded), but there's another strong offensive catching prospect in St. Louis. Knizner's bat has carried him quickly through the minors. Catcher is still a relatively new position for the 23-year-old, as he moved there his sophomore year of college. Yet the Cardinals have continued to show confidence in the young receiver behind the plate.
If you haven't seen this dude's swing, stop and have a gander. It's a beautiful thing, and his batted ball stats back that up. Knizner's line-drive rate has hovered near 20% for his entire minor league career, and he's failed to hit below .270 as well. He hasn't hit for more than 8 home runs (only 7 last year), but his swing suggests pull power. I'd be surprised if he didn't at least double that at peak production in the majors. A solid offense-first catching prospect who's close to the majors? Yep, sign me up. (Patrick Magnus)
17. Willians Astudillo, Minnesota Twins, (Age: 27, Previous Rank: NR)
Did someone say fun? Because that's exactly what this bowling ball of a human brings to the table. Astudillo has taken the baseball community by storm. The round man doesn't exactly "fit" the profile of an "athlete." Maybe in the sense that Big Sexy Bartolo Colon is one. However, Astudillo possesses phonomenial contact skills which make him more than just fun. In his 97 plate appearances in 2018, Astudillo struck out only three times.
That's been the trend for Astudillo throughout the minors as well. The big fella just doesn't strike out. Since 2015 he hasn't posted a strikeout rate above 4.6%, but he's also failed to post a walk rate over 3.3%. The dude is just straight up weird, but a weird that is fun! There's potential here for a strong average, 8-12 homers, and a whole lot of flubbery fun. (Patrick Magnus)
18. Ronaldo Hernandez, Tampa Bay Rays, (Age: 21, Previous Rank: NR)
Hernandez continued his impressive ascent through the minors last year by bashing 21 homers. First thing I notice in his swing is his ability to use quick wrists when handling pitches on the inner part of the plate. It's a spectacular tool to own at such a young age, and it helps explain why he's pulled the ball near 50% in the first four years. Those hands and that swing make a lot of contact as well, striking out below 16% in each of his minor league seasons. Combine that with a decent walk rate and you've got a hitter with an advanced approach for his age and level.
The former infielder has raked and ranked highly in each of the leagues to which he's been assigned. While raking is all we care about for most intents and purposes, there's the importance of whether Hernandez will stick behind the plate or not. The reports on his defense have been positive, and he's been scouted as having a plus-plus arm. That's encouraging for those of us desperately seeking more than a warm body behind the plate. (Patrick Magnus)
19. Francisco Cervelli, Pittsburgh Pirates (Age: 33, Previous Rank: 50)
Cervelli was on his way to a breakout season in 2018 but ended up being hampered by injury. The biggest surprise in 2018 was the amount of power produced by the veteran catcher. In the previous two seasons, Cervelli had managed only six home runs, but he doubled that output in 2018. The biggest change appears to have come from an increase in his launch angle.
Cervelli raised he launch angle by 9.4 degrees, which is a significant amount. He actually more than doubled his average launch angle, and along with that he almost doubled his fly-ball rate. This, in turn, lead to an increase in his ISO, HR, and SLGing, resulting in the second highest offensive WAR amongst catchers with at least 300 PAs in 2018. A safe OBP bet, Cervelli now offers the potential for much more. Remember, though, that he's 33, and the chance that injuries hamper him in seasons to come is a real concern. (Patrick Magnus)
20. Sean Murphy, Oakland Athletics, (Age: 24, Previous Rank: NR)
A defense-first catcher who's quickly approaching the majors, Murphy managed to improve his offensive production last season. He makes a good bit of contact but doesn't strike the ball with very much authority. In the Texas League, he slashed .288/.358/.498, which on the surface seems promising. However the Texas League (and specifically Midland) are offense-favorable environments. But offense isn't supposed to be a calling card of the young catcher.
The catching pool is awful- so awful, in fact, that we have a defensive-first catcher among our top 20. That's due mostly to proximity, and so for those of you in the deepest of leagues go ahead and scoop him up. There's a chance that Murphy is a .260 hitter in the majors with 5-10 homers. For catcher, you could certainly do worse. Other than that, I don't have much nice to say about Murphy. (Patrick Magnus)
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Trick-Or-Treating Is Fine And Apple Cider Is Fine, But Here Are 18 Things I Don't Like About Halloween
Decorative gourds are annoying. They're too small to carve, you can't eat them, and they serve no functional purpose. I don't know why we have them!!!
by Audrey Engvalson
Today I am feeling extra nit-picky and have decided to take it out on Halloween. Here are 18 things about Halloween that I don't like...
If you really want to change my mind, leave a polite comment below.
1. Motion-activated decorations
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Halloween is the only time I avoid the seasonal department of Target. There I am, minding my own business with my cart full of freezer nuggets and cheese, and then I'm at the receiving end of a jump scare when a skeleton with red eyes lunges at me or a robot witch waves its arms at me when I'm walking past. No thank you.
2. Jack Skellington
Pardon my language, but Jack Skellington is an asshole. He is one of the least-likeable characters in movie history. He's self-centered, high-maintenance, and if you want to read about all of the reasons I think he sucks, I wrote a whole list a few years ago.
3. Pumpkin-flavored things
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I respect your opinion if you like pumpkin-flavored things, but since this is a list I'm writing and I could never get behind the flavor of pumpkin, I am including it. The only pumpkin I like is pumpkin pie and that falls safely into the Thanksgiving category (I also only like it if there is a higher ratio of Cool Whip to pumpkin pie). Pumpkin-anything else is firmly planted in Halloween season, thank you.
4. Candy Corn
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They taste like sweet chalk, and sometimes when they're gooey, they catch me off-guard. 0/10 would not recommend.
5. Related: Candy Pumpkins
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Candy pumpkins are like bigger candy corn. I can't imagine any person in the world going, "I wish I had a bigger and chunkier piece of candy corn because I love the taste so much." No. No, no, no.
6. Bobbing for apples
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This is less Halloween and more fall, but I can't imagine how people enjoy bobbing for apples. Who wants to dunk their head in some water to try and eat an apple with their teeth when you can just take one out of the fruit basket and it's nice and dry? Additionally, hair that's only wet around your face sounds terrible. It's a pass from me.
7. Haunted houses
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This is a total double standard. I will never go into a haunted house because fear is my least favorite emotion, but I love watching videos of people going through haunted houses and being scared. I don't personally see the allure of walking through a place where someone is 100% guaranteed to pop out of a wall and scare you. The last haunted thing I went to was when my little sister was in second grade. My family made me go through her elementary school's "haunted hallway" and that was too much for me. I just can't do it. I do, however, like the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland. Maybe if more haunted houses had songs I'd be into them.
8. Cinnamon brooms
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I love the smell of cinnamon brooms, but every cinnamon broom I've purchased has shed??? Is that a normal behavior of cinnamon brooms? The little twigs of cinnamon brooms stick themselves in my carpet and it's the Halloween equivalent of the dead pine needles around my house after Christmas. This is why I'm on team cinnamon pine cones.
9. Pumpkin guts
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OK, I do like carving pumpkins. I think it's cute to have a light-up vegetable friend for a season. I think pumpkin guts are probably in my top five least-favorite textures in the world. And when they dry, they are exactly as strong as cement. Good luck getting dried pumpkin guts off of anything. I can safely say anything both squishy and stringy is gonna be a no from me.
10. Decorative gourds
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These annoy me because I 100% like to look at them but functionally don't know their purpose. You can't cook with them and they're too small to carve. I guess you just buy them to look at them? The top Google result I got when I googled "What can you do with mini gourds?" was to use them as a bowl filler. See? I just don't get it.
11. The Great Pumpkin
I love It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown and watch it every year, but can't stand how everyone makes fun of Linus for believing in the Great Pumpkin and they end up being right. Nobody could've dressed in a pumpkin costume and played the Great Pumpkin for him? No. Instead, they just mock him the whole movie. It just shows what kind of friends he has.
12. Cobwebs
I get that, like, old creepy decorations are in, but it's so weird that every other time of the year, we actively go out of our way to clear cobwebs from our house, only to add fake ones on Halloween. Fake cobwebs are also apparently bad for animals.
13. Rubber masks
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I like the concept of dressing up, and there are some masks that are quintessential to certain costumes (like superheroes). However, the rubber masks that look like Freddy Krueger or political figures I find really creepy, especially when they're extra big and, for lack of a better word, floppy. Also, I've never put one on, but it's gotta get pretty sweaty in there, right? Someone in the comments, please confirm.
14. Max from Hocus Pocus
He is consistently the worst throughout the entire movie and doesn't do his one job as a big brother of looking out after Dani. Do I hate him as much as Jack Skellington? No. I still firmly believe that he could've handled the whole situation better.
15. Pop-up halloween stores
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It's fine that Halloween stores roll into town and take the form of any defunct retail store they can, and I have nothing against the store itself. Walking through a Halloween store that used to be a Forever 21 though is so weird. Or, like, you knew this used to be an Apple display at a Best Buy, but now it's where they're keeping clown face paint. It feels like I'm in a Fallout game or something. I can't explain it.
16. Unofficial trick-or-treat hours
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This feels nitpicky, but also so does this entire list. Every year, I like handing out Halloween candy, and every year I have no idea when kids are going to start and stop coming to my house. I want OFFICIAL trick-or-treating hours so I know when I can stop answering the door and change into my pajamas. Likewise, I want to be READY when kids are, and a start and end time would help!
17. Bloody bridal dresses
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I don't know if this is just a me-thing, but all the thrift stores in my area have taken bridal dresses and covered them in fake blood for Halloween costumes. I feel like it's kind of a waste? Not only is it an amazing feeling as a bride to find a beautiful and inexpensive wedding dress at a thrift store, but I also feel like it's sad to see something that someone originally paid so much money for that may have been a sentimental piece ruined with ill-convincing fake blood.
18. Finally, caramel apples.
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Something so delicious should not be so woefully hard to eat. I wish there were, like, caramel apple bites, which I'm sure are a thing but sound like a lot of prep work.