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Lou Whitaker snubbed from the Hall of Fame again
Long time Tigers second baseman Lou Whitaker has long been one of baseball history's most underrated players. He and Hall of Fame shortstop Alan Trammell formed one of the best up-the-middle combos ever, teammates since Whitaker's debut in 1977 to his final year in 1995.
Trammell is actually a great jumping-off point to support Whitaker's candidacy. Here are their career counting stats:
Whitaker: .276/.363/.426, 420 doubles, 65 triples, 244 homers, 1084 RBI, 1386 runs, 143 stolen bases, 1197 walks (9967 plate appearances)
Trammell: .285/.352/.415, 415 doubles, 55 triples, 185 homers, 1003 RBI, 1231 runs, 236 stolen bases, 850 walks (9376 plate appearances)
Whitaker also had slightly more Wins Above Replacement over his career according to Baseball Reference, besting Trammell 75.1 to 70.7. FanGraphs' version of WAR puts both players slightly lower but with Whitaker still in the lead, 68.1 to 63.7.
On the bright side, this does give us an idea as for who to campaign for in three years' time, particularly given the nature of who was inducted this time around.
QLE Posted: December 08, 2019 at 11:26 PM | 150 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
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1. "RMc", the superbatsman Posted: December 09, 2019 at 08:25 AM (#5906974)
The Hall gave this explanation this morning:
"Sorry, although Whitaker was probably better than Trammell (and Sandberg, for that matter), we can't let him into the Hall of Fame, 'cuz he's like black and stuff. Also, he played for Detroit, which is filled with scary black people, and Whitaker is like black and stuff. Also, we hate the Tigers organization and their fans with the fire of a thousand suns. Did we mention Whitaker is black?"
2. The Duke Posted: December 09, 2019 at 08:43 AM (#5906979)
I'm not sure this is a snub. It's possible the vets committees are teeing people up for the next group. It's hard for this structure to ever elect more than two so it will be interesting to see how they handle Evans, Garvey, Parker and Whitaker next time. I would say Evans will go in next time and one of the other three will get close.
If Evans goes in that will be good for Whitaker as it will be recognition of similar skill sets.
I'm torn on Parker. He has a Sandy Koufax kind of case. He was simply an awesome player for about 5 years and then nothing. But he did ultimately compile some good numbers. If I had to pick him or Garvey, Parker would win every time.
3. snapper (history's 42nd greatest monster) Posted: December 09, 2019 at 08:58 AM (#5906981)
Not a good look: accusing a bunch of people you've never met of being racists.
4. Rally Posted: December 09, 2019 at 09:32 AM (#5906990)
I'm torn on Parker. He has a Sandy Koufax kind of case. He was simply an awesome player for about 5 years and then nothing.
He was a great player for a short time, but nowhere near worth comparing to Koufax. Koufax had a short peak that puts him on a small list of best pitcher ever (for peak consideration only). Parker is a right fielder who for 5 years had a 147 OPS+, and was a good defender during that time.
Another Pittsburgh outfielder, Brian Giles, had a 157 OPS+ for a 5 year stretch. Of course single dot is going to show up on this thread and claim Giles was nowhere close to Parker because he spent so much time unathletically drawing walks. But for athletic accomplishments, Giles had 4 years in a row with 35 to 39 homers. Parker topped out at 30 in his peak years.
Some other guys who had as good or better peaks as Parker are Darryl Strawberry, George Foster (almost at the exact same time), Pedro Guerrero, Kevin Mitchell, Lance Berkman, Matt Holliday, and Jose Bautista.
5. Misirlou gave her his Vincent to ride Posted: December 09, 2019 at 09:39 AM (#5906992)
Not as awesome as another Pirate OF who got 0 votes from the BBWAA and will never appear on a vet ballot.
Dave Parker 1975-1979: .321/.377/.532 147 OPS+ 3200 PA
Brian Giles 1999-2003: .307/.426/.588 157 OPS+ 3200 PA
Curse you rally
You're right. Only Democrats are allowed to do that.
8. rr: calming the thread down with my arms Posted: December 09, 2019 at 09:50 AM (#5906999)
There is an off-site OTP thread where the yappy lefties like me and the aggrieved righties like you are both welcome. I get that you are all goth and emo and stuff about 2020 US politics, but you need to take your shitt there and keep it there.
As to Whitaker, I think he eventually gets in.
10. snapper (history's 42nd greatest monster) Posted: December 09, 2019 at 09:51 AM (#5907002)
Cause I'm know to be the wokest of the woke, right? LMFAO.
11. Zonk didn't order a hit on an ambassador Posted: December 09, 2019 at 10:12 AM (#5907012)
I think what really hurts Lou is that he got tabbed with a not-altogether-undeserved reputation as a platoon player... By age 27 - Sparky was constantly sitting him against LHPs for the likes of Tom Brookens, Doug Flynn, and Jim Walewander.
To be fair, he was pretty bad against LHP - but I think Sparky played as much a role in torpedoing his HoF case as anyone... His short-side platoon mates hardly lit the world on fire and Lou's glove was more than sufficient to have kept him in the lineup.
His slash line probably loses a notch, but it becomes trivia that he had really pronounced platoon splits rather than the excuse that exists...
12. JRVJ Posted: December 09, 2019 at 10:30 AM (#5907017)
Anybody who's read about the Veterans Committee in the past knows that the math is complicated for getting players in (read Posnanski, Joe's take on this from 2014).
Having said that, the Modern Era committee has inducted two players in the 2018 cycle (Morris & Trammell) and an executive and a player in the 2020 cycle (Morris and Simmons). That's actually not bad at all.
The question now is if anybody is well positioned for the next iteration. Dwight Evans seems to be in the best of shapes for that next round (in 3 years time), though I could see Whitaker getting close if the same candidates remain on the ballot and a big push is made by Morris and Trammell.
13. alilisd Posted: December 09, 2019 at 10:38 AM (#5907022)
Hate the deification of Koufax. He had a great, and short, peak, but nowhere near the level which would put him in the greatest ever discussion. Looking at WAR 7 and removing all the 19th century pitchers in front of him gets him to around 30th. He has 46 for said WAR 7, and there are plenty of guys over 60 in front of him , several above 70, and Johnson clearly leading the pack above 80. His stadium and era grossly distort his raw numbers, and even with ample postseason credit he doesn't measure up to the very top guys
14. Greg Pope Posted: December 09, 2019 at 10:39 AM (#5907023)
I could see Whitaker getting close if the same candidates remain on the ballot
Isn't this kind of a problem? It seems like these committees will just put the same people on the ballot and eventually they'll all get in.
15. cookiedabookie Posted: December 09, 2019 at 10:39 AM (#5907024)
Honestly, I'm not sure why the Era Committees don't just go to a Yes/No vote. No ballot limit, just answer the question of if each player belongs in the HoF with Yes or No. 75% gets you in. What's the worst thing that could happen? 4-5 guys get elected? Even Garvey, the worst guy on the ballot, wouldn't be the worst guy in the Hall.
16. What did Billy Ripken have against ElRoy Face? Posted: December 09, 2019 at 10:48 AM (#5907029)
the Modern Era committee has inducted two players in the 2018 cycle (Morris & Trammell) and an executive and a player in the 2020 cycle (Morris and Simmons)
OK, maaaaaybe electing Jack Morris once could be seen as something other than a giant F You to the stats geeks. But the second time??
17. PreservedFish Posted: December 09, 2019 at 10:53 AM (#5907032)
What's the worst thing that could happen? 4-5 guys get elected? Even Garvey, the worst guy on the ballot, wouldn't be the worst guy in the Hall.
The Hall needs to balance how many people get elected. They want to stay in the news cycle, they want big turnouts for induction weekend ... but they also don't want to diminish the honor. Or at least shouldn't want to.
18. The Duke Posted: December 09, 2019 at 11:29 AM (#5907044)
There's no world where Brian Giles equates to Dave Parker except in green eye shade world. Parker was considered the best player in the game by many people during his run - I'm sure The different eras had something to do with the math.
19. Misirlou gave her his Vincent to ride Posted: December 09, 2019 at 11:36 AM (#5907048)
Parker was considered the best player in the game by many people during his run -
In 1969, Joe DiMaggio was considered the "Greatest Living Ballplayer". Doesn't mean it was true. I'm sure you can find a lot of people who considered Jeter the best player in the game .
20. Qufini Posted: December 09, 2019 at 11:41 AM (#5907051)
What era is up next year? If it's Today's Game, I like the chances for McGriff and Walker (assuming he falls short this year).
Ah Brian Giles, once perennially baseball's "most underrated player."
So this is an example where I might agree with SBB's point about the legacy value of different performances. Giles was probably a better hitter than Parker - I think we can trust that our adjusted numbers are capable of making this distinction. Parker was more prominent, for several reasons, and one of them was that he was a high-AVG hitter. He led the league in both AVG and SLG, in H and RBI. Giles never did, but he led once in BB.
I would rather have the HOF honor Parker - a legitimate star - than Giles.
Now I don't mean that BBs should actually be worth less for HOF accounting than they are in real life. To the contrary, if there were a strange player whose entire candidacy relied upon a phenomenal BB ability, I'd be happy to reward him extra for the memorable and unusual shape of his performance.
I just believe that the opinions of the time - even if they were flawed - deserve some weight.
22. Tom Nawrocki Posted: December 09, 2019 at 11:46 AM (#5907053)
I think what really hurts Lou is that he got tabbed with a not-altogether-undeserved reputation as a platoon player...
I think the bigger problem is that he didn't have anything approaching a peak. He got MVP votes in exactly one season of his entire career. In terms of WAR, he cleared 6 WAR in two seasons - eight years apart. He led the league in one offensive category - games played in the strike season of 1981.
23. Barry`s_Lazy_Boy Posted: December 09, 2019 at 11:51 AM (#5907056)
I find it hard to call it a "snub". We're seeing the absolute best HOF support that Lou has ever received.
This is a step in the right direction.
Ted Simmons credited statistical analysis with helping him be elected.
Lou is our next Simmons or Blyleven. Get to work.
24. Jose Goes to Absurd Lengths for 50K Posted: December 09, 2019 at 11:52 AM (#5907057)
No peak and no flash. Whitaker, like his contemporary Bobby Grich, was a generalist. He wasn't a .300 hitter, he wasn't a slugger, he wasn't a flashy glove man (though very good of course). He didn't have a hook. Guys like that typically get a bit of a short shrift when it comes to the Hall and awards in general.
25. JJ1986 Posted: December 09, 2019 at 11:54 AM (#5907059)
I do think Giles (who was never really one of the few best players in baseball) isn't a great comp for what people think Parker was, but there are a ton of guys who were superstars for a bit and hit as well as Dave did with similar career numbers. Strawberry was the first one to come to mind. Juan Gonzalez is probably a good comp for Parker. Will Clark was better. Ryan Braun probably won't make the Hall for other reasons, but he was better.
26. The Duke Posted: December 09, 2019 at 12:01 PM (#5907063)
I'm not saying it was true but you really can't compare Giles and Parker in terms of "fame". Parker has an "X" factor.
In looking At the all time hits leaders it looks to me that 2750 hits is the de facto cut off for automatic entry. Everyone above that line is either in or will be in or has A PED/gambling issue. It explains in large part why Vizquel is doing well and will certainly get in either via the writers or the vets.
2750 and below starts to require a narrative or other stats or position adjustments.
I will be fascinated to see what happens if nick markakis hangs around long enough to get over 2750, or even better, 3000. Joey Votto and Molina will creep over 2000 this year and Cano and Braun have PED issues.
If you go lower, it looks like about half the crowd between 2250 and 2750 are getting in. Pretty interesting that the rate of hall admission is still so high at these levels.
27. JJ1986 Posted: December 09, 2019 at 12:03 PM (#5907064)
Everyone above that line is either in or will be in or has A PED/gambling issue.
Or is Johnny Damon.
28. ajnrules Posted: December 09, 2019 at 12:03 PM (#5907065)
Next year would be a double dip with Golden Days (1950-1969) and Early Baseball (before 1949), two groups whose predecessors did not vote anybody in the last time they met.
And when Today's Game meets again in two years, McGriff and Larry Walker would have to deal with Bruce Bochy and his three World Series titles.
29. SoSH U at work Posted: December 09, 2019 at 12:09 PM (#5907067)
I think Allen goes in the next time the Golden Days committee meets.
30. It's regretful that PASTE was able to get out Posted: December 09, 2019 at 12:11 PM (#5907069)
You're going to be a sad boy when you wake up Christmas morning and learn they elected Steinbrenner and Hershiser.
31. Tom Nawrocki Posted: December 09, 2019 at 12:22 PM (#5907071)
Relative to their leagues, Parker at his best was probably a better hitter than Giles. Parker's best three finishes in OPS+ were 1, 3 and 5, while Giles' were 2, 5 and 6. It was a lot easier to post lofty OPS+ in the sillyball era.
Strawberry is a great Comp for Parker in more ways than one but he only has 1400 hits. Parker got to 2700. Braun and Gonzalez and will Clark weren't ever close to being considered the greatest in the game. George foster and Dale Murphy are pretty good Comps. But there aren't many who shined as brightly as Parker, still got almost to 3000 hits and still aren't in the hall.
Johan Santana on the pitching side might be a good comp as well.
On the other hand, the league Giles played in was 33 percent larger than Parker's.
34. PreservedFish Posted: December 09, 2019 at 12:33 PM (#5907078)
Few argue that the HOF should be time-lined, and if you're not time-lining, then those 33% extra players are more or less the worst 33% of the league, easily ignored. If we suddenly promoted AAA to the majors and doubled the teams, it wouldn't make Mike Trout any better. His OPS+ would go up, but not his rank.
35. Der-K: at 10% emotional investment Posted: December 09, 2019 at 12:34 PM (#5907079)
Was a fan of Whitaker and think he should be in, but I do hold it against him that he had to be platooned - and I don't get the impression that many of his other supporters do.
"It was a lot easier to post lofty OPS+ in the sillyball era."
I might agree with you but am not sure what you mean - could you elaborate?
27. You are right I drew the line wrong . 2800 is the automatic entry line. Damon and Pinson will never get in
37. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Griffin (Vlad) Posted: December 09, 2019 at 12:38 PM (#5907082)
I do think Giles (who was never really one of the few best players in baseball)
You people are ####### cracked if you don't think Giles was a legitimate star in his prime. Having the misfortune to play for crap-ass McClatchy-era teams in Pittsburgh that nobody watched is literally the only reason that he doesn't have a bunch of award hardware and All-Star appearances under his belt. There was one year where he finished second in MLB in raw OPS, behind only Barry Bonds at his juiciest, and he didn't even make the All-Star team. 38 home runs, 15 steals, a 135/74 BB/K, 100+ RBI in a lineup where the table was being set for most of the year by stiffs like Adrian Brown, Chad Hermansen, Jack Wilson, and Pokey Reese, and still no love from the media because who gives a #### about the Pirates, anyway?
That said, it also came out after town that he has a history of domestic violence, so he can eat #### as far as I'm concerned, and I shed no tears over him being slighted when it comes to the Hall. But yeah, he was a fantastic ####### ballplayer.
what people think Parker was
Parker was basically Darryl Strawberry if Strawberry had had a better, and longer, second act to his career.
He was a fantastic ballplayer, and should have been a star. But playing for crap-ass McClatchy era teams kind of prevented him from achieving that status.
I haven't done a systematic study of it, but during Parker's career, it was very common for the NL Leader in OPS+ to be somewhere in the 160s or even 150s. From 1993-2005, the lowest league-leading mark was Mike Piazza's 172 in 1995.
41. . Posted: December 09, 2019 at 12:46 PM (#5907090)
Why should Parker be downgraded just because what he did led to actual wins and what Giles did, didn't? Why should taking advantage of opportunities be downgraded just because the opportunities aren't available to everyone? Do we do that to Bobby Thomsen or Joe Carter?
Of course Giles was a fantastic player. It's not fair that he wasn't a huge star, but it is true.
The sillyball era obviously lent itself, for whatever reason(s), to outlier performances and wider deviations from the mean.
Something similar was true with ERA+, I think. I don't know what the explanation is. Maybe it's just that in a bigger scoring league the performance standard deviation widens.
45. Never Give an Inge (Dave) Posted: December 09, 2019 at 12:48 PM (#5907095)
Braun and Gonzalez and will Clark weren't ever close to being considered the greatest in the game.
I think Will Clark was in that neighborhood during his peak. Not that he was the greatest in the game, but he was in the neighborhood and was thought of that way and treated that way by the media. And it wasn't crazy, either. 1987-1991 he was second in MLB in Batting Runs, 6th in WAR. 1988-1989 he was second in WAR.
Maybe it's just that in a bigger scoring league the performance standard deviation widens.
It's almost certainly this, plus boom and bust approaches by hitters are more easily taken advantage of by elite pitchers. The saber era has favored approaches that work well in aggregate over long periods of time. Hitters aren't aiming at maximizing performance against great pitchers; they're aiming at beating the ever-living #### out of the far more prevalent Mass Man Pitcher. Truly elite performers will shine more brightly on a relative basis when that's the case.
47. Ithaca2323 Posted: December 09, 2019 at 01:19 PM (#5907117)
I think 22 and 24 basically tell the story on Whitaker.
His candidacy basically comes down to his career bWAR number
48. JRVJ Posted: December 09, 2019 at 01:20 PM (#5907118)
14, it would be a problem if there weren't a backlog. But there is a backlog, and it'll still take a couple more elections to clear it up.
49. alilisd Posted: December 09, 2019 at 01:29 PM (#5907121)
35: Whitaker wasn't platooned during what is typically considered prime seasons/ages though. Looks like he was a bit during his first few seasons, but then not again until his mid-30's. His WAR seems to reflect this. Instead of several 5-7 peak seasons in his twenties we see several which are "just" 4-5. And then he has a few more of those along with a couple more higher WAR seasons in his mid-30's as his Rbat is much higher when being platooned. Doesn't seem necessary to hold it against him or penalize him further. To me it just seems like a question of whether you think he had enough peak to go along with what is frequently thought of as enough career accomplishments for a HOF player
Santana's career was much too short to be a good comp for Parker.
Mickey Lolich would be my choice. Had a few great years, made 500 starts
51. QLE Posted: December 09, 2019 at 01:39 PM (#5907125)
Some notes on various points raised:
It's one of the contradictory pressures present on the Era Committees- on the one hand, no one wants to go back to them going years without inducting anyone, but past experiences with them make one doubtful on wanting them to induct people in large numbers- it's the sort of thing that runs the risk of serious log-rolling, like that of the Frisch years.
Quite, quite- and the Simmons induction is positive as well, both in clearing him and also demonstrating that this Era Commitee will be able to function independently of how the BBWAA voted.
True, but, in the case of the Golden Days committee, two different candidates came within one vote of induction, so I don't think we can rule out them inducting someone, especially in a circumstance where the longer time between meetings seems designed to focus attention.
Kevin Brown, Rafael Palmeiro, Kevin Appier, and John Olerud will also be eligible for consideration for the first time, though none of them (for various reasons) are likely to figure much in the balloting.
Not sure about that- note that neither of them have received considerable support the two times they were already on the ballot, and Lou Piniella (who came close to induction last time) would be a more likely candidate in those terms.
52. snapper (history's 42nd greatest monster) Posted: December 09, 2019 at 01:41 PM (#5907127)
A good defensive 2B who put up a 117 OPS+ across 10,000 PA should be in the Hall.
53. Manny Coon Posted: December 09, 2019 at 02:02 PM (#5907136)
Kevin Brown.... will also be eligible for consideration for the first time, though none of them (for various reasons) are likely to figure much in the balloting.
Why is there so little support for Brown? He had a great peak, a lot of career value, a good winning percentage and pitched for good teams. He seems like an obvious choice.
54. cookiedabookie Posted: December 09, 2019 at 02:06 PM (#5907140)
You forgot Fred McGriff, I wouldn't be surprised if he gets inducted that year. And Kevin Brown is probably the best pitcher not pitching or on the ballot that isn't in the HoF. Sadly, he has no chance.
55. DL from MN Posted: December 09, 2019 at 02:07 PM (#5907141)
Why is there so little support for Brown?
Everyone who knew him personally is still alive.
I think he and Oliva only missed by one vote, so they have to be favorites to get in.
57. Barry`s_Lazy_Boy Posted: December 09, 2019 at 02:08 PM (#5907143)
Will Clark had MVP finishes of 5th, 5th, 2nd, and 4th.
Gonzalez had MVP finishes of 4th, 1st, 1st, and 5th. You can't really win two MVPs without people considering you one of the greatest in the game.
Braun 3rd, 1st, and 2nd.
Giles' best were 9th and 13th.
22 and 24 have it right on Whitaker. I don't think the platoon issue is relevant. He just doesn't have a peak and these players have a tough time. For me guys like Omar Vizquel, Jim Kaat, Tommy John struggle because you can't get 75% of any group to value sustained very good play. I think it is well with rewarding. It takes a ton of dedication and training to keep your mind and body playing at an elite level for 15-25 years ( and a lot of luck).
59. Misirlou gave her his Vincent to ride Posted: December 09, 2019 at 02:23 PM (#5907149)
League leading NL OPS+ from 1974-1989
median OPS+ 168
Fun fact. The 4 lowest ones were all Mike Schmidt.
60. flournoy Posted: December 09, 2019 at 02:32 PM (#5907151)
Besides the personality issues, Kevin Brown's career has poor optics. He was a high draft pick by the Rangers and pitched for them for a long time, but was mostly mediocre. (He did have 1992, where he won a league-leading 21 games and made the All-Star team.) Then he spent the prime of his career (after people's opinions of him had already been formed) bouncing around from team to team, not really building up an identity. In a way, sort of a lesser Zack Greinke.
61. Zonk didn't order a hit on an ambassador Posted: December 09, 2019 at 02:35 PM (#5907153)
I don't think that's true -- I don't injury reports handy, but relying purely on team starts at 2B - Whitaker at age 27 in 1984 was already losing a lot of starts against LHP.... Brookens got 22 at 2B, near as I can tell.
Well, sort of. The writers were engaging in some enthusiastic cognitive dissonance about RBIs and the MVP award. If you asked who the best player in baseball was in around that time, the answer might well have been Alomar, IRod, Larkin, Nomar, someone like that, in addition to the sluggers, Manny, McGwire, and so on.
Lou couldn't hit left-handers for ####; his career slash line was 239/323/334.
Then he spent the prime of his career (after people's opinions of him had already been formed) bouncing around from team to team, not really building up an identity.
I think Brown had an identity -- as a mercenary who was a bit of a jerk.
Between that and being named in the Mitchell Report, he doesn't have much chance of making it.
If you asked who the best player in baseball was in around that time, the answer might well have been Alomar, IRod, Larkin, Nomar, someone like that, in addition to the sluggers, Manny, McGwire, and so on.
I think it probably would have overwhelmingly been Griffey around then.
66. gef, talking mongoose & vexatious litigant Posted: December 09, 2019 at 02:53 PM (#5907162)
Even Garvey, the worst guy on the ballot, wouldn't be the worst guy in the Hall.
I presume we're talking about the Hall of Mass Murderers here, because otherwise you're indulging in crazy talk & are yourself generating real doubt about your worth as a human being or any other type of entity.
He was a GG-winning 2B who hit for a ~130 OPS+ against RHP and a ~82 OPS+ against LHP. (The latter is equivalent to Omar Vizquel's career line, FWIW.)
I'd still vote for him, even if the true value of his 117 OPS+ is a few points lower.
68. Sunday silence Posted: December 09, 2019 at 02:56 PM (#5907165)
...what people think Parker was, but there are a ton of guys who were superstars for a bit and hit as well as Dave did with similar career numbers. Strawberry was the first one to come to mind. Juan Gonzalez is probably a good comp for Parker. Will Clark was better. Ryan Braun probably won't make the Hall for other reasons, but he was better.
One other thing about Parker, he had a cannon for an arm at least in the early part of his career. He threw out two guys in the All Star game one year and that sort of cemented his rep.
I was a pirate fan and watched a lot of baseball during those years. Parker doesnt seem like a HOFer at all. His early years were great and then the rest of it was just frustrating to watch. Im open to listening to the alternative though.
Good call. And Griffey won his MVP the one year that he took the RBI title.
70. "RMc", the superbatsman Posted: December 09, 2019 at 03:04 PM (#5907170)
Re 8: Gee whiz, friend, did they at least give you an anesthetic before they removed your sense of humour with that rusty knife? (Or as a "yappy lefty" did you just never have one in the first place...?)
As far as #1 goes, it's obviously a joke...but it's worth noting that a black Hall of Famer hasn't played regularly for Detroit since Turkey Stearns...
I can assure you, there was nothing humorous about your posts in this thread.
Beat me to it.
Besides the personality issues, Kevin Brown's career has poor optics. He was a high draft pick by the Rangers and pitched for them for a long time, but was mostly mediocre. (He did have 1992, where he won a league-leading 21 games and made the All-Star team.) Then he spent the prime of his career (after people's opinions of him had already been formed) bouncing around from team to team, not really building up an identity.
Plus, people's final memory of Brown is him getting bombed in Game 7 of the 2004 ALCS, finishing off the Red Sox' comeback from down 3-0.
Parker has an "X" factor.
It's called "cocaine".
Yes, Mother.
75. Jose Goes to Absurd Lengths for 50K Posted: December 09, 2019 at 03:31 PM (#5907197)
I'd put him in the Hall of Fame for that.
76. Crispix Attacksel Rios Posted: December 09, 2019 at 03:37 PM (#5907201)
Kevin Brown's 0-3 record and 6.04 ERA in four World Series starts don't help either.
And, crikey, if we're putting people like Harold Baines in, then we might as well induct the entire damn 1984 Tigers roster. (Yes, including Rusty Kuntz, because [1] he had the GWRBI in Game 5 of the WS and [2] he was named "Rusty Kuntz"...)
Also hilarious. You're on a roll! Rusty Kuntz, man, that's a kneeslapper. Never heard that one before.
You forgot Fred McGriff, I wouldn't be surprised if he gets inducted that year.
He was mentioned in the quote, so there was no need to repeat his name, but, yes, he does seem to be a leading candidate based on his BBWAA support.
Sorry for the double-post.
81. RoyalFlush Posted: December 09, 2019 at 04:14 PM (#5907229)
Rusty is back on the Royals staff this year after being out last year with eye issues. Good to have him back.
That was only a month after he broke his hand punching the clubhouse wall in frustration after a poor start, right?
Touche. I misworded my post, by "build up an identity," I meant, "create a positive image." It's hard for a player to build a support base if he isn't closely associated with any team and thus doesn't have any team's fans really backing him. Gary Sheffield has a lot of the same problems as Kevin Brown, including personality issues and the Mitchell Report.
Also hilarious. You're on a roll!
Bootlicker.
85. Walt Davis Posted: December 09, 2019 at 06:05 PM (#5907274)
But that sort of usage is pretty common for LHBs, even stars. First, very few players start more than 150 games a year anyway, for whatever reasons. In his prime, Lou started 143, 151, 131, 146, 136, 145, 103 (surely an injury), 137. In his prime, when he was the greatest player on the planet, Joe Morgan started 131, 141, 153, 148, 151, 140, 141, 130. I don't have injury lists either and I'm not going to dig into their yearly game logs to check but that's pretty similar.
For ages 25-32, for Whitaker I get 1092 starts at 2B and for Morgan I get 1135 (+ 13 in the OF). About half of that gap is 1988 when Whitaker missed nearly a month. You're gonna hold a guy out of the HoF because over 8 seasons he had 25/43/56 fewer starts than Morgan?
You want to give guys days off -- keep them fresh, keep the bench active, double-headers back in the day -- and if he's a LHB a discretionary non-start will almost always be against a LHP. Thome usually started about 145 games a season (including DH); Dave Parker had a couple of years of 158 starts in his prime but 141, 134, 147, 129 too; Stargell's career high in starts seems to be 141; Brett started nearly every day at 22-23 but after that only occasoinally topped 150.
If you skip his 37 PA debut, Whitaker averaged 552 PA per season played. If you ignore Morgan's two cups of coffee, he averaged 563. For ages 24-38, Thome averaged 578; over a similar period, Whitaker averaged 564. We're talking 3 fewer starts a year. Leaving aside strikes, cups of coffee, injury considerations, looking at players first 19 "seasons", Whitaker's PA total ranks 58th in the post-war era. He's within 100 PA of Schmidt, 105 of Frank Thomas, more than Morgan, more than Manny, Sheff, Kent, Thome, Bagwell, way more than Stargell ... and of course more than Sandberg, Cano, other guys who didn't (yet) have 19 season.
The guy made it to nearly 10,000 PA. I fail to see why it matters how he got there really. Maybe he was a bit less useful in his prime than some players but then getting to 10,000 PAs means he must have been more useful in non-prime. And nobody's arguing for him as best 2B ever but as borderline HoFer.
86. caspian88 Posted: December 09, 2019 at 06:09 PM (#5907277)
Brown also signed a then-huge contract with the Dodgers (where he could have made an identity), but kept missing time.
Brown basically did everything possible to hurt his reputation with the writers this side of violence (at least to other people), though not all of it is actually his fault.
From Ken Davidoff's Hall of Fame ballot column in 2011:
Kevin Brown: Ah, Brownie. How often do you hear that a guy is a big jerk, and then it turns out that he isn't as bad as advertised?
Well, that wasn't the case with Brown. Man, was he unpleasant.
And that's one of the few guys who voted for him.
On top of what others have said, Brown's reputation wasn't the greatest in his two most high-profile stints (LA, where he got the massive contract and the team foundered {though he pitched well}, and New York), while putting up better numbers in smaller markets.
61: I haven't delved into it to see who else started at 2B, but I was looking at his splits on BR. Even in 1984 he had 45 starts against LH starters versus 86 against RH starters. That doesn't look like an extreme platoon situation to me. Trammel started 60 times against lefties, Gibson 45, same as Whitaker. Parrish started 67, while Evans only 27. Lemon had 63, and Bergman 0. Just trying to show right handed versus left handed hitter splits for the team in 1984. It doesn't really look like Whitaker was being platooned per se. Sort of looks more like a Sparky Anderson managerial approach. No one played 150 games and Whitaker ties with Parrish for most PA at 629, which is about 30th in the league
58: But he did have a peak, it wasn't an overwhelming peak, but it was pretty good. Using WAR 7 as a shorthand, and because it's really convenient, he is 20th for 2B, and with 38 he's below the HOF average of 44.4. But looking below him there are Fox and Doerr with basically equal peaks and he dwarfs them in career. Herman and Lazzeri have slightly lesser peaks and again are blown away on career. Looking above Biggio and Alomar only have slightly better peaks but Whitaker still has solidly better career numbers than either. Even Frisch, who has a WAR 7 dead on the average, has about 4 fewer career WAR than Whitaker. Not an overwhelming peak to be sure but comparable to several HOF 2B, all of whom he excels on career. In fact by career he's 7th in WAR.
What's WAR 7?
The cumulative Baseball Reference WAR a player has in their seven best (not consecutive) seasons. It makes up half of the player's JAWS score and is an attempt to quantify the player's peak.
Isn't that measuring prime, rather than peak?
93. Eric J can SABER all he wants to Posted: December 09, 2019 at 10:17 PM (#5907333)
Whitaker sat out five consecutive games from August 17-24, probably due to a slight injury, and only played three of the team's last 11 games (two starts) because they had run away with the division.
There were, however, twelve games in which Whitaker came off the bench to play, and in all 12, the opposing starter was left-handed.
For the sake of overall career comparison, Whitaker faced right-handed pitching in 73.1% of his career PA; fellow left-handed 2B Nellie Fox faced right-handers in 71.5% (and had a much smaller platoon split).
Yeah, SoSH U is right, that's not a peak.
It's certainly not a good way of looking at Koufax's peak in particular; nobody who thinks he's the best ever is basing that opinion on his 1959 season.
96. Never Give an Inge (Dave) Posted: December 10, 2019 at 08:41 AM (#5907362)
What's the difference between peak and prime? I always thought those terms were interchangeable.
97. Howie Menckel Posted: December 10, 2019 at 08:45 AM (#5907364)
I've always thought of prime as longer.
"peak" of 5 years and "prime" of 10, for example.
Koufax is a peak and many HOFers are almost purely prime cases - the extra stats they rack up as mediocre regulars not necessarily adding a ton to their body of quality work.
98. Graham & the 15-win "ARod Vortex of suck" Posted: December 10, 2019 at 08:56 AM (#5907366)
I don't know if there is a good definition for either one, but I think of a player's peak as his best season or three and his prime as his best five to seven seasons.
Somewhat tangentially, I recall someone thinking about Hall of Fame worthiness by condensing a player's case to his value across X seasons. (I'm pretty sure it was Tango but don't want to put words in his mouth.) His starting point was a player who had something ridiculous like 20 WAR in a single season. If that player was never better than average (at best) or replacement level in his other seasons, then would he deserve induction based on that one season? If the answer is no, would you change your mind if he was worth 25 WAR? Regardless, you then extend the criteria out season-by-season. I would argue that there are no players that meet some of these.
1 season: >20 WAR (or some other theoretical number)
2 seasons: >28 WAR
And so on until you get to some ridiculous, theoretical number on the opposite end of the spectrum. If someone played 30 seasons and compiled 60 WAR (more or less evenly) across those years, would he warrant induction? How about 70 WAR over 35 seasons (Julio Franco reference here)?
99. DL from MN Posted: December 10, 2019 at 09:39 AM (#5907382)
I usually add WAA to WAR to get a rough estimate of HoF worthiness. I think a long career as a contributor has value but I wouldn't induct anyone who was never above average.
100. SoSH U at work Posted: December 10, 2019 at 10:13 AM (#5907389)
This is how I think of it:
Peak - a player at his absolute best, typically 3-5 years. You have to have a really high peak to warrant election on peak alone - Koufax.
Prime - Sustained excellence for slightly longer. 6-10 years. With nothing else, you can have a little lower quality of play, but for longer. Kiner.
Career - With not much of a peak or prime, you can make it with good to very goodness for a very long time. Don Sutton.
Obviously, most Hall of Famers are some combination of the three.
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Google is adding further security to the world wide web by introducing HTTPS for every blogspot domain name.
In an official company blog, Milinda Perera, software engineer based in the tech giant's security team, said every page will now be encrypted.
Where previously this was an opt-in setting, Google has decided that this type of security is necessary by way of default.
"We're also adding a new setting called HTTPS Redirect that allows you to opt-in to redirect HTTP requests to HTTPS," Mr. Perera continued.
When Google first announced in September 2015 that it was offering HTTPS for blogspot, it described the protocol as "cornerstone for internet security".
Writing at the time, Jo-el van Bergen, a senior software engineer at the company, highlighted two key advantages of HTTPS.
One, it makes it much more difficult for cybercriminals to access and steal information, and two, it helps to ensure that visitors to a page are clicking through to a genuine website.
In March, Google revealed that it had added a new category to its transparency report, which is designed to "monitor the use of HTTPS encryption on all requests sent to its servers".
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"There was no wire-tapping, bugging or interfering with the phone system," said Michael Madigan, attorney for the conservative activist and filmmaker James O'Keefe. I can see that they are already putting the spin on things. O'Keefe was arrested before he could finish the job, but this response sounds similar to another story O'Keefe was associated with, and by that I am referring to ACORN. While ACORN had not done anything illegal during the videotapes O'Keefe and partner Hannah Giles made, the conservative activists denied their target's innocence and determined the organization was guilty before any real investigation took place. What is even more shocking is Gile's response to O'Keefe's arrest. "Following the law is an integral part of being a good investigative journalist," Giles said. "I certainly hope these reports are untrue." I assume that Giles believes that the two did not violate any laws in their illegal taping of ACORN workers last year and that their highly edited videos equal investigative journalism.
The group of activists face charges under Sections 1036 and 1362 of Title 18. Section 1036 involves entering Federal buildings under false pretenses, but the more serious charge is what is under Section 1036, which is probably why they claim to have only been in the office to unplug the telephone systems to disrupt the U.S. Senator's office, things just don't add up. Section 1036 reads as the following:
Whoever willfully or maliciously injures or destroys any of the works, property, or material of any radio, telegraph, telephone or cable, line, station, or system, or other means of communication, operated or controlled by the United States, or used or intended to be used for military or civil defense functions of the United States, whether constructed or in process of construction, or willfully or maliciously interferes in any way with the working or use of any such line, or system, or willfully or maliciously obstructs, hinders, or delays the transmission of any communication over any such line, or system, or attempts or conspires to do such an act, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.
Even though they claim to have only been in the building to disrupt communications, not wiretap, it would appear that they would still fall under the section where one would maliciously interfere "in any way with the working or use of any such line," which is what they claim they planned on doing (maybe they think this would get them a slap on the wrist).
To make matters worse, O'Keefe seems to have violated a court ordered gag order, tweeting "Govt official concedes no attempt to wiretap," which sounds fine and dandy, but according to an ABC report, "a federal law enforcement official said one of the suspects was picked up in a car a couple of blocks away with a listening device that could pick up transmissions. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the information was not part of the FBI affidavit." Maybe O'Keefe should shut up instead of trying to continue to control his manufactured story that has left his hands.
Topics: activism, Conservative, Hannah Giles, James O'Keefe, Mary Landreiu, New Orleans, Wiretapping
Milton January 28, 2010 at 2:09 PM
Let's face it, all charges will be dropped, because he is poor white trash. This Tuesday, James O'Keefe was arrested by the FBI, for entering a federal property under false pretenses with the intent to commit a felony and maliciously interfering with a telephone system operated and controlled by the United States of America. They were dressed up as telephone company employees with tool belts and fluorescent jackets. It appears to be a bungled attempt to wiretap the office of Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu, in Louisiana and paid by Andrew Breitbart.
Kevin January 28, 2010 at 2:20 PM
I assume nothing will come of this arrest, but I hope they get the book thrown at them. Blatant disregard for the law needs to be addressed, or else conservative activists will get bolder with their attempts to discredit the legitimate government of the country.
They are trying to fabricate some kind of Watergate scandal to bring down Obama, and it is just despicable.
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Stretching out speech components such as vowels in English or consonants in Japanese can be used to emphasize just how much we mean something.
Japanese speakers adjust the length of consonants to convey the strength of their conviction about a subject, according to a study by Shigeto Kawahara at The Keio Institute of Culture and Linguistic Studies1.
Unlike in English, the meaning of words in Japanese can vary dramatically depending on whether the consonants are pronounced as long or short sounds. Lengthen the 't' in the word for 'outside' (soto), for example, and you could be saying 'softly' (sotto). But consonant lengthening can also be used to emphasize the degree of meaning a speaker wishes to convey, as in the English vowel-based example, 'Thank you sooooo much for reading'. "Nobody really studies this phenomena of lengthened consonants and vowels even though it is very common in everyday speech," says Kawahara, who wanted to experimentally quantify the levels of distinction that could be conveyed through lengthening.
Kawahara and his colleague Aaron Braver at Texas Tech University selected four consonants ― t, d, s, and z. Seven undergraduate students were given two adjectives for each consonant and instructed to lengthen the consonant to indicate emphasis in the context of a sentence. For example, for 'uzai', which means 'annoying', the phrase would be 'ano koogi uzai' or 'That lecture is annoying'. Participants were asked to repeat the sentence with varying levels of emphasis, in a randomized order, either with no emphasis or with anywhere up to five levels of emphasis, as in 'ano koogi uzzzzzzai'.
The researchers used a phonetics software package called Praat to generate waveforms and spectrograms from the recordings that could be used to visually and statistically pinpoint the number of durational distinctions participants were able to convey. Kawahara was surprised by the results: "We initially thought that 3 or 4 degrees would be the most, but they managed to do 6!"
But are people able to recognize these subtle distinctions without technological intervention? In a previous study about English vowel lengthening conducted in the United States, Kawahara found that listeners are not very good at picking up on these distinctions. "The exact value of emphasis doesn't practically matter ― it is sort of a selfish thing like 'Here's what I want to say'." Kawahara plans to carry out a similar perception analysis for the Japanese consonant lengthening study.
"This is a very understudied area," he points out. "It would be interesting to branch out and examine other languages." The findings could potentially be used to improve artificial intelligence or voice recognition software.


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A €200 million data centre set for the outskirts of Cork city will result in the creation of 150 permanent jobs and hundreds of construction jobs, it has been announced.
The planned investment is being described as a game changer in Cork's foreign direct investment (FDI) landscape.
Commercial property firm JCD Group has confirmed its plans to build the data centres as part of the redevelopment of the former Mitsui Denman site in Little Island, Cork. Planning permission is due in a matter of weeks to transform the 32 acre site into a technology campus with over 275,000 sq ft of state of the art data centre accommodation.
"We are in detailed negotiations with a number of end user clients, as well as co-location operators, and are very encouraged by the level of interest. Subject to receiving satisfactory planning permission we intend commencing site works immediately with a view to delivering the first data centre by mid-2017," said a spokespwerson for JCD.
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Studies show that breathing in phytoncides like alpha-pinene and d-limonene, which are emitted by plants and trees, could have positive effects on health.
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More than a century ago, naturalist John Muir once wrote in his journal, "Come to the woods, for here is rest. There is no repose like that of the green deep woods …. Sleep in forgetfulness of all ill. Of all the upness accessible to mortals, there is no upness comparable to the mountains."
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Over the past decade, the practice has begun to take root in the U.S. with techies and professionals from the likes of Microsoft and Amazon.com unplugging and shedding their devices to sit beneath the trees outside Seattle.
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As American adults—who are among the most overworked and under-rested of the developed nations—we are conditioned to be results-oriented, destination-driven machines. Forest bathers, in refreshing contrast, are encouraged to be present and languid throughout the experience, pausing often, perhaps to dip one's toes into a babbling brook, observe a passing banana slug, or find a sunny clearing and sit there in the quiet, taking in the great outdoors. Many of shinrin-yoku's benefits actually come from the forest air that "bathers" breathe in.
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From a color theory perspective, the benefits of forest bathing may have much to do with the color green. A 2004 study at the University of Georgia published in the College Student Journal found that green elicited more positive responses from participants than any other color. "The majority of emotional responses for the color green indicated the feelings of relaxation and calmness, followed by happiness, comfort, peace, hope, and excitement," said the study's authors. "Green was associated with nature and trees, and thus creating feelings of comfort and soothing emotions."
One reason the color is thought to impart these feelings may be that green environments signaled to our ancestors the presence of three essential aspects of survival: food, shelter, and water. Today, many cities are finding ways to "re-wild" and incorporate green space into the metropolitan landscape, like New York City's 2011 construction of the High Line, a nature walk on an abandoned rail line, and campaigns to plant 1 million trees in the cities of Los Angeles, Miami and Denver.
Green has also long been thought to promote creativity, a notion that is supported by a 2012 study published in the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. The study's participants were asked to come up with as many uses for a tin can as they could, and results showed that those who viewed the color green before beginning the task came up with more creative answers.
That green-filled natural environments promote benefits for both the body and mind makes sense considering that only in the last hundred or so years (an evolutionary blink of the eye) have humans predominantly lived in densely populated urban settings made mostly of lifeless concrete, metal, lumber, and plastic. But for the vast majority of human history, we lived in, with, and among nature and were much more intimately connected with it.
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#ifndef	NXU_PHYSICS_INSTANTIATOR
#define	NXU_PHYSICS_INSTANTIATOR

#include <stdio.h>

#include "NXU_schema.h"
#include "NXU_helper.h"
#include "NXU_customcopy.h"

namespace	NXU
{

/**
\brief Format	independant	importer.

The	class	can	read in	data from	a	provided NxuStream and create	the	appropriate	descriptors.
The	imported data	can	then optionally	be instantiated

 */
class	NxuPhysicsInstantiator
{
public:

		NxuPhysicsInstantiator(void);
		NxuPhysicsInstantiator(NxuPhysicsCollection	*coll);
		virtual	~NxuPhysicsInstantiator();

		/**
		\brief Adds	the	collection to	the	provided SDK,	including	adding scenes

		\param[in] sdk Physics SDK to	load the collection	into.
		\param[in] notify	Optional notification	events to	the	application	as the scene is	loaded.
		\param[in] create	Optional callback	if the user	wants	control	over scene creation.
		\param[in] defaultScene	Optional NxScene to	load the collections default model into.
		\param[in] defaultSceneOffset	Optional The placement of	the	default	model	within the default scene
		\param[in] stype Override	to force creation	of a HW	or SW	scenes

		If defaultScene	is NULL,	defaultSceneOffset is	ignored.

		 */
		void instantiate(NxPhysicsSDK	&sdk,	NXU_userNotify *notify = 0,	NxScene	*defaultScene	=	0,const NxMat34 *defaultSceneOffset = 0);

		NxScene *instantiateScene(const	char *sceneName,	// null	means	the	'root' scene.
		NX_BOOL	ignore_plane,	 //	don't	instantiate	'planes'
		NxPhysicsSDK &sdk, NXU_userNotify	*notify	=	0, NxScene *defaultScene = 0,const	NxMat34	*defaultSceneOffset	=	0);

  void instantiateSceneInstance(NxSceneInstanceDesc *nsi,
  															NxPhysicsSDK	&sdk,	 //	SDK	to load	the	collection into.
  															NXU_userNotify *callback,	 //	notification events	to the application as	the	scene	is loaded.
  															const NxMat34	*defaultSceneOffset,
  															int depth);

  void setInstanceScene(NxScene *scene)
  {
	  instanceDefaultScene = scene;
  }

  NxTriangleMesh * instantiateTriangleMesh(NxPhysicsSDK &sdk,NxTriangleMeshDesc &desc,const char *collectionId,NXU_userNotify	*callback,CustomCopy &cc);
  NxConvexMesh   * instantiateConvexMesh(NxPhysicsSDK &sdk,NxConvexMeshDesc &desc,const char *collectionId,NXU_userNotify	*callback,CustomCopy &cc);

private:
		NxuPhysicsCollection *mCollection;

		void instanceConvexes(NxPhysicsSDK &sdk,NXU_userNotify *callback);
		void instanceSkeletons(NxPhysicsSDK	&sdk,NXU_userNotify *callback);
		void instanceTrimeshes(NxPhysicsSDK &sdk, NXU_userNotify *callback);
		void instanceHeightFields(NxPhysicsSDK &sdk,NXU_userNotify *callback);
#if NX_USE_CLOTH_API
		void instanceClothMeshes(NxPhysicsSDK	&sdk,NXU_userNotify *callback);
#endif
#if NX_USE_SOFTBODY_API
		void instanceSoftBodyMeshes(NxPhysicsSDK	&sdk,NXU_userNotify *callback);
#endif
#if NX_SDK_VERSION_NUMBER >= 260
    void instanceCompartments(NxPhysicsSDK &sdk,NxSceneDesc &sd, NXU_userNotify *callback, bool existingScene);
#endif

		void instanceModel(NxScene &scene,NxSceneDesc	&model,	NxMat34	&pose, bool	isHSM, NXU_userNotify	*callback, NX_BOOL ignorePlane);

	NxScene	*instanceDefaultScene;

	NxSceneDesc	*mCurrentScene; // the current scene we are instancing

};

};

#endif //NXU_PHYSICS_INSTANTIATOR_H

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Holley is among the thousands of delegates in San Antonio this week for the Texas Republican Party's every-other-year state convention.
This year, guns — in the wake of deadly school shootings and concerns about attacks on gun rights as school safety plans are proposed — are expected to be a big topic.
Licensed Texans already may openly carry their weapons, or carry them concealed. They also may carry them on some college campuses.
But some want more and are calling for so-called constitutional carry, which would let Texans carry their weapons without first getting a permit.
That issue already is in the Republican Party's platform, an outline of party beliefs that candidates do not always follow and are not bound by.
Delegates this week may add the call for constitutional carry to their legislative priority list. State Rep. Jonathan Stickland, R-Bedford, unsuccessfully proposed such a law last year.
"Both the Texas and federal constitutions guarantee the right to bear and keep arms," Holley said.
Suezette Griffin, a delegate from Pearland, said she feels safer when she is around people carrying guns.
"I know the guys who open carry are the good guys," she said. "With all the craziness around, I'm happy to see it."
As for Holley, this is the third Republican state convention he has attended.
And the third where he has carried a gun.
He even carried in 2014, when the convention was in Fort Worth and the question of whether guns could be carried into the convention center was a concern because the facility holds a Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission license.
That year, he carried a black powder pistol that is not considered a firearm under Texas law.
"I open carry on a fairly regular basis," he said. "I conceal carry all the time.
"It is our personal responsibility, first and foremost, to take care of ourselves."
Open carry became legal in Texas on Jan. 1, 2016.


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Q: Pretty print XmlTextWriter in C++ I wrote this code:
            XmlTextWriter^ w = gcnew XmlTextWriter( fs, nullptr );
        w->WriteProcessingInstruction("xml", "version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"");
        w->WriteStartElement("healing");
            w->WriteStartElement("health1");
                w->WriteElementString("value", "100");
                w->WriteElementString("hotkey", "2");
                w->WriteElementString("enable", "0");
            w->WriteEndElement();
            w->WriteStartElement("health2");
                w->WriteElementString("value", "100");
                w->WriteElementString("hotkey", "2");
                w->WriteElementString("enable", "0");
            w->WriteEndElement();
            w->WriteStartElement("health3");
                w->WriteElementString("value", "100");
                w->WriteElementString("hotkey", "2");
                w->WriteElementString("enable", "0");
            w->WriteEndElement();
            w->WriteStartElement("mana");
                w->WriteElementString("value", "100");
                w->WriteElementString("hotkey", "2");
                w->WriteElementString("enable", "0");
            w->WriteEndElement();
        w->WriteEndElement();
        w->Flush();
        w->Close();

But it's creating XML which is not pretty looking, without enter, tabs etc:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><healing><health1><value>100</value><hotkey>2</hotkey><enable>0</enable></health1><health2><value>100</value><hotkey>2</hotkey><enable>0</enable></health2><health3><value>100</value><hotkey>2</hotkey><enable>0</enable></health3><mana><value>100</value><hotkey>2</hotkey><enable>0</enable></mana></healing>

How can I make it look pretty?

A: Probably you want to set the Formatting property on the XmlTextWriter.

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Q: Bricked BeagleBone Blue -- now what? My BBBlue appears to be bricked.  Everything was fine, then I pressed the power button a few seconds, it shut down, and after that it won't power up.  Two blue Green LEDs come on with battery connect or 12 V power, but no blink, no battery state, etc.  I've tried various combinations of battery, USB, and 12 V power, but I only get the 75% Battery LED, and the Green user LED.  When I press the reset button, those LEDs go dim, but not off entirely.
3.3 V and 5.0 V rails are working.
Both Red User LED and 25% Battery LED have a short pulse about once per second.
I put the Red User LED on an oscope and this is what I see:

Red User LED again, with zoom:

And on the 25% LED...

The 25% LED does the above waveform interspersed with a boring 10 us pulse every second or so.
When I plug it into USB on Windows, the COM port shows up in Device Manager, but when I try opening up that port in Putty, it says it can't connect.  Anyway, even when it did boot, it took a while for the the COM port to be connectable, so I expect there is some software that needs to run for it to work (there is no FTDI chip + USB hub on the board).  That said, I'm not sure how a COM port can appear on USB without the SoC booting up, unless that's built into the SoC host capability hardware somehow.
The "removable drive" that normally appears doesn't show up.
I tried putting in the SD card which I had previously used to flash the eMMC to the latest image, but no response there (I was expecting the LEDs to flash while the script copied the contents of the SD card to the eMMC).
What's next?  Is there a hard serial port on the board, not USB, so I can try to observe that?  None of the connector pins had a UART or any other waveform on them whatsoever -- just either 3.3, GND, or some version of an almost-alive pulse as in the waveforms.
Pressing any of the buttons, then power-cycle and release, with SD card in place, does not change anything.
It appears something is trying to boot up, but it can't.
Is the PMIC in the SoC dead?
Or should I realize my time is valuable and just buy another one?
thanks


INTRODUCTION:This secondary analysis examined the association between adherence to nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) and smoking cessation among pregnant smokers enrolled in Baby Steps, an open-label randomized controlled trial testing cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) versus CBT plus NRT. METHOD:The analysis included only women who received NRT for whom we had complete data (N = 104). Data came from daily calendars created from recordings of counseling sessions and from telephone surveys at baseline and 38 weeks gestation. RESULTS:Overall, 29% of the 104 women used NRT for the recommended 6 weeks and 41% used NRT as directed in the first 48 hr after a quit attempt. Ordinal logistic regression modeling indicated that using NRT as directed in the first 48 hr and having made a previous quit attempt were the strongest predictors of longer NRT use. Univariate analyses suggested that primigravid women and women who used NRT longer were more likely to report quitting at 38 weeks gestation. DISCUSSION:Findings indicated that adherence to NRT is low among pregnant smokers, but adherence was a predictor of cessation. Future trials should emphasize adherence, particularly more days on NRT, to promote cessation during pregnancy.


The Rock and Water Program is an educational programme that aims to enhance the social, emotional and spiritual development of boys and girls all over the world.
The programme originates from The Netherlands where people started to express their concern about the decrease of academic performance of boys at school and the increase of alcohol abuse, drug abuse and violence. Although originally designed for boys only, the trainers of the programme have found that girls also respond very well.
The program has a very positive approach. Its focus is on the qualities and developmental tasks that young people face when growing up. Especially nowadays, living in a multi-cultural, fast changing society, there is a desperate need for guidance of youth in finding their way to happiness, real strength and meaningfulness. In many traditional cultures it was common to guide young people, boys and girls, through an Initiation Process, (a kind of Rites of Passage,) that made the passage from boy/girl to manhood/womanhood a lot easier and safer.
Given the intense pressure to perform that young people are now subjected to, it is especially unfortunate that Rites of Passage rituals no longer exist. To some degree The Rock and Water Programme can be seen as a substitute for the guidance given in traditional Rites of Passage processes. The programme presents a safe path with clear values and standards.
The aim of the programme is to build a Rock and Water Person. This is a person who is aware of their own qualities and who has the courage to follow their feelings, who is willing to discover their own path and who will be able to manage the responsibilities and challenges they encounter on their way through life.
Boys have higher levels of energy and find it more difficult to exchange feelings and emotions through talking and listening to each other. Therefore they tend, again speaking in general terms, to more physical ways of communication by which they build up self-awareness and the needed social skills. Boys like (need) to play, to wrestle and romp, to kick a ball together and so on. By being physical boys develop self-awareness, and the social and mental skills they need to become aware of their own purpose and to become fine men. In general boys tend to trial and error behaviour instead of thinking (like girls) before they step into action.
Boys have a preference to physical-emotional development: awareness through physical action. Preference means that it is possible to teach them other ways that lead to self-awareness, such as through reflecting and verbalising (verbal-emotional development), but it takes more energy. It is not their easiest route. In fact, we need to teach boys this because verbal-emotional development forms a basis for the important communication skills that are needed to become successful in our modern society.
It is important to realise that if we didn't allow girls to talk to each other we would block their way of becoming aware of who they are, their position in the group, and the development of the kind of person they want to be. Girls need this verbal communication desperately. They tend to have lower levels of energy (as compared to boys), however language tends to be more easily accessible. We have to allow girls to talk to support their verbal-emotional development.
On the other hand, the same goes for the boys: the moment we forbid boys to be physical, the moment we take away physical activities from our schools and education, the moment we don't allow them to discover, to be challenged, to learn to live with risks and boundaries. We block their way to self-reflection and self-awareness.
Language is less accessible for boys, due to biological-neurological differences (the influence of testosterone before and after birth). Because of these differences and because they have higher levels of energy (caused by testosterone), boys have a preference to physical-emotional development. In particular boys need physical activity to become aware of themselves, who they are, what they are capable of, what triggers them, and in the end which way they have to go to become real, loving people, real men.
It is an enormous mistake and misjudgement of boys' qualities and tasks of developments to take physical exercise and activities out of their education. By doing this we create the problems ourselves. We create men who are not aware of their own strength, not aware of their own qualities and tasks, not aware of an inner path, not aware of connection with their inner core and therefore also not connected with other people. Boys need physical activity, guided by wise educators, desperately!
It is clear to see that if girls stick to the verbal-emotional activities and boys to physical-emotional activities that they both will miss out. Girls need physical activities to develop more self-confidence and the ability to step into action when needed. This applies to situations in which they feel threatened; they have to learn to stand up for themselves and even, if needed, to defend themselves. But this also applies to other situations in life. There are many talented girls in our schools whose talents remain unseen because they don't dare to take the first step to exhibit their talents or wishes.
The physical activities of the Rock and Water Program create more self-confidence. So the main phrase for girls is: go for it, don't worry too much, take your first step.
For boys the story is almost opposite. Boys tend to action. Boys tend to act before they think. Boys tend to trial and error behaviour. This causes many problems. In situations of violence for example they tend to a fight or flight action. The fight action with its physical and emotional ramifications can cause a lot of damage and unhappiness. But in other areas, educational or daily life situations, boys tend to 'do' before they examine, (think, reflect, plan, structure) the task that is ahead of them. This leads to insufficient academic performance, can cause lack of self-confidence and boys may turn away from school.
The physical-emotional development of boys is vital for them. Without this they will fail in becoming aware of who they are and what they are capable of. On the other hand, and this is very important, we also have to teach boys to; think, (self reflection) before they do; and to verbalise what (and why) they have done; and to be aware of whether they are happy about it. In other words: the verbal-emotional way of development must also be part of boys' education. It is not easy for boys to learn this because they are always pressed by the existence of an abundance of energy, but without the skill of reflection they are uncontrollable rockets filled with explosive gunpowder.
Summarising: boys and girls both need the verbal-emotional way of development just as they both need the physical-emotional developmental path. In the Rock and Water Programme both ways are brought together in a new didactical approach called Physical-Social Teaching.
You can start teaching rock and water exercises when boys and girls are around six years old. At this age you have to start to work with the fundamentals of the programme. The main focus will be on standing strong, learning how to communicate, other social skills, how to deal with and prevent several forms of violence such as bullying. They are all important skills to develop a strong social identity.
Which way do I have to go in life?
The last step in normal human development is the development of spiritual identity. The question "who am I" will then slowly transform into the question "who are we". On a deeper level this person understands his/her task in life, responsibilities, interconnectedness with all people and life in general, around him or her. This person understands the gift of inspiration and feels humbled by that. This person has a deep respect for the mystery of life.
The feeling of connectedness is essential and has a deep impact on morality. This person is positive in mind, trusts their heart, is compassionate with others, and follows the path that lies in front of them.


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SUPERBUGS: The Hard-Boiled Truth: Salmonella and Eggs
A Vegan Health Article from All-Creatures.org
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From Michael Greger, M.D. http://www.drgreger.org/
In June 2005, the Centers for Disease Control released data showing resistant Salmonella led to serious complications as well.[1] Foodborne Salmonella emerged in the Northeast in the late 1970s and has now spread throughout North America. Salmonella hospitalizes thousands of people every year and kills hundreds. And Salmonella infection can be the gift that keeps on giving: Salmonella infections can lead to chronic conditions such as arthritis, bone infections, cardiac inflammation and neurological disorders.[2]
In the United States, more than one in five "broiler" chickens may be Salmonella infected (at least in Russian roulette, there are six chambers).[3] But it's even more of a problem with egg-laying hens. Eggs are the primary vehicle for the spread of Salmonella bacteria to humans, causing an estimated 80% of outbreaks. This year, the CDC published the first estimate of how many Americans get Salmonella from eggs every year. According to the best data we have, eating Salmonella-infected eggs may cause 168,000illnesses every year in the United States alone.[4] A comic strip up in my office helps explain the level of infection:
Father and daughter are in the grocery store. "That's a cow's tongue?!" the girl exclaims, face contorted in disgust. "EEEEww...I would never eat anything that was in a cow's mouth!"
"Me neither," replies the father not looking up from his shopping list. "Let's see..." he continues, "where are the eggs?"
Ruthie stops. "Wait a minute!" she exclaims, eyes wide in realization.
Can't you just wash off the eggs? Unfortunately, no. Many of the tainted eggs are infected within the hens' ovaries even before the shell forms, so you can't wash away the infection. And, as we'll see, washing meat doesn't work either.
[1] Varma JK, et al. "Hospitalization and antimicrobial resistance in Salmonella outbreaks, United States, 1984-2002." Emerging Infectious Disease. June 2005.
[2] International Journal of Food Microbiology 24(1994):11-31.
[3] Journal of Infectious Disease 183(2001):1295-9.
[4] Schroeder CM, et al. "Estimate of Illnesses from Salmonella Enteritidis in Eggs, United States, 2000." Emerging Infectious Diseases 11(2005):113-5.
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UK immigration system unprepared for Brexit
The cross-party Home Affairs Select Committee has warned that the UK immigration system faces serious problems in its report "Home Office delivery of Brexit: immigration". Questions are raised regarding the Home Office's ability to implement the systems and staffing required to deliver proposed Brexit changes whilst there is significant criticism over the continued uncertainty over the status of EU nationals and post-Brexit UK immigration regulation.
The Committee notes that the delay in setting out a vision for UK immigration post-Brexit is creating uncertainty for UK businesses, anxiety for EU citizens already in the UK, preventing proper planning and putting already overstretched immigration officials in an 'impossible position'.
Lack of clarity
With little more than a year to go, the Government is still failing to set out crucial details on the registration of current residents or what will replace the current freedom of movement regulations. Brexit is due to take effect in March 2019 and the Home Office's recently announced system of registration for EEA nationals already living in the UK is proposed to go live at the end of this year (see here). However, the rules that will govern residency status still lack crucial detail, particularly for those with gaps in residency and for those hoping to be joined in the future by partners or family members.
There is at present no detail of how any future scheme will be policed. The Committee calls for the Government to set out how the registration scheme will be enforced, whether it intends for employers, landlords and banks to check registration papers, as is presently the case for non-EEA nationals. The Committee also raises "serious concerns" about extending the Home Office's "hostile environment" policy to EU citizens given the scale of errors and the absence of any evidence that it is fair or effective.
Entrants after Brexit
Theresa May has indicated that entrants arriving in the UK after March 2019 should not expect to be considered under the existing EEA Regulations. If the UK will operate a new system for EU citizens arriving after March 2019, it is incumbent upon the Government to publish details for such a system as early as possibly to give clarity to employers and individuals alike. The committee, however, believes that the Home Office lacks the resources to operate a second system of regulation in the timeframe remaining:
"[We do] not believe it is feasible for the Government to establish two new effective registration schemes (one for existing residents and one for new arrivals after Brexit day) by March 2019."
The committee calls upon the Government to provide clear and accessible guidance on the rights that UK and EEA citizens will enjoy after Brexit. The needless uncertainty prevents individuals and businesses from planning for the future.
"Failure to set out detailed plans for the registration and transition period soon will make it impossible for the already overstretched UKVI, Border Force and Immigration Enforcement to do their job properly."
UKVI, Immigration Enforcement and UK Border Force
UKVI, Immigration Enforcement and Border Force are likely to face a substantial increase in the volume and complexity of work they undertake. The Committee found a workforce already under significant strain dealing with current workloads and dedicated staff in desperate need of greater resources and support. It concluded that the Home Office resource plans are insufficient to address existing weaknesses let alone meet the substantial additional burden that Brexit will place on the system.
Steps taken so far by UKVI are deemed to be insufficient to operate a smooth registration scheme for EEA nationals raising the fear of delays in the processing of applications.
Chair of the Committee, Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP commented:
"Decisions and announcements keep being delayed. Crucial details are still lacking…
We need urgent clarity about both registration and border plans for next year so that Parliament can scrutinise them and so that families, employers and officials can plan.The lack of detail with just over a year to go is irresponsible. We recognise that the Government needs time to consider long term changes, but the Home Office urgently needs to set out its intentions for next year. Will there be one registration scheme or two? Same rules during the transition or not? Extra border checks or not?
Are they planning to ask employers to check registration documents? Or landlords? Will the same rules apply for Norway and Iceland as the EU? Can you still get settled status if you move regularly between the UK and EU for work? If these issues need to be resolved in the negotiations, Ministers should at least set out what their negotiating objectives are so that Parliament can debate them in advance.
The litany of questions that remain over the status of EU citizens is causing needless anxiety and uncertainty, both for EU citizens and their families and for employers who need to plan. Ministers need to provide urgent answers.
The Government does not seem to appreciate the immense bureaucratic challenge they are facing or how much time and resources they need to plan on Brexit. The Home Office will end up in a real mess next year if there isn't enough time to sort things out."
Urgent clarity is needed over the Government's immigration objectives for the transition period so that Parliament can debate and scrutinise the proposals before they are finalised.
Insufficient resources have been allocated and insufficient staff are planned to be sure of a smooth registration process or to cope with additional border requirements on people or goods after March 2019. The lack of preparedness and resources will impact upon all non-residents looking to enter the UK, whether it be through lengthier processing times for visa applications or longer queues at the airport.
If you require assistance with your UK immigration matters, please contact us on +44(0)20 7038 3980, at info@rlegal.com or via our web site.