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Monday is generally not a well liked day because it means the weekend is over and its time to go back to work or school. However, there is one good thing about the day and that's Monday Night Football. Now I know what your thinking, how excited can you get about this Monday Night Football game seeing that the game is between the New York Giants and the Minnesota Vikings. However, I would advise you not to be so quick to assume this game will be horrible. While the Vikings may have an unimpressive 1-6 record and Giants may not even have a win yet this season, that's what makes this a potential good game.
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Let's not forget that despite their records both Vikings and Giants have continued to be competitive teams, they just struggle to close out games and not turn the ball over. Another reason to be excited about this game, is quarterback Josh Freeman, this will be the first time we see him on the field since being signed by the Vikings and I don't know about you but I am very eager to see what he brings to the table.
Offensive Keys for the Vikings
When it comes the Vikings, they are a talented offense even if they don't always show it. Most experts believe if they had a consistent quarterback to count on the Viking offense would perform better and I believe Freeman has the potential to be that guy. What I expect to see from Freeman in this game is a solid performance mainly because he is still getting comfortable within the Viking offense. I think for him to succeed, he must first receive consistent blocking from the offensive line. Freeman has a tendency to be inaccurate at times and make horrible decisions specifically when pressured, so again the offensive line should be prepared to do their part.
I also look to see how the receiving core will perform in the game, wide receiver Greg Jennings has yet to live up to the contract he claimed he deserved. I also think it's time for the Vikings to expand wide receiver Cordarrelle Patterson's role. Although the Giants defense has struggled this season, keep in mind they still have some nice defensive pieces to watch out for, mainly safety Antrel Rolle and cornerback Prince Amukamara. Now I know Rolle has under-performed this year but he will have chances to make plays seeing that Freeman is a fan of the deep ball. Then with Amukamara he is the more talented player in the Giants secondary so the Vikings will have to be aware of him as well.
Finally the Vikings offense must come into this game balance which will definitely help Freeman's transition. So I expect to see the Vikings run the ball a lot with running back Adrian Peterson and I think they would be smart to run the ball early with him. Giants defense allows 123 rushing yards per game so as long as Peterson is focused, he should be able to get going and have some big plays against the Giants run defense. Plus as I said before, running the ball will open passing opportunities for Freeman and his receiving core.
Defensive Keys for Vikings
For Minnesota it all starts with forcing the Giants to continue their current trend which is turnovers and to cause those turnovers, they must start with pressuring quarterback Eli Manning. Giants offensive line has been horrible this season allowing Manning to be sacked 16 times in only six game, so if the Viking front four can get to Manning consistently in this game, they have a good chance of causing some turnovers.
However, if the Vikings are not able to force turnovers, Vikings secondary better be ready to play because let's not forget Eli Manning is still a capable quarterback with capable receivers by the name of Victor Cruz, Hakeem Nicks and Ruben Randle. Considering Vikings cornerback Josh Robinson has been burn all season long and cornerback Xavier Rhodes is banged up with an ankle injury, Vikings secondary better be ready to step up and play.
Vikings defense also needs to limit big plays by the Giants offense, one of the reasons the Vikings have struggled this season is for the inability to limit the big play and stop teams on third down. Now it's no secret that the Vikings defense is bad but they seriously have issues stopping teams on third down and they can't have that issue in this game, if they have any chance of turning their season around it starts on defense.
Offensive Keys for Giants
The first key to the Giants offensive success is to not turn the ball over. To be honest, if they didn't turn the ball over so much, they probably would have a win by now. The main turnovers they need to avoid are forced passes by quarterback Eli Manning, I know he has inconsistent offensive line and no run game but Manning is considered to be a veteran now, no need to keep forcing the ball, just so you attempt to make a play. So again if they avoid turnovers they should be in good shape.
When it comes to the passing game, Eli Manning must receiver some form of blocking from his offensive line, so he can have time in the pocket and time for plays to develop. I also think for Manning to have success, wide receivers Victor Cruz and Hakeem Nicks must step up and take advantage of the Vikings inconsistent secondary. Hopefully their consistent play will open up things for wide receiver Ruben Randle as well. Finally the Giants must establish a run game. Now keep in mind the Giants running game doesn't need to be explosive, they just need to offer balance and keep the Viking's defense aware. Running back Brandon Jacobs has shown what he is capable of but since there is a possibility he won't play tonight, I look forward to seeing what recently acquired running back Peyton Hillis will offer in this game. I expect Hillis to be somewhat similar to Jacobs, more so of a power runner with the strength to break through tackles.
Defensive Keys for Giants
Giants must initiate some type of pass rush and for that pass rush to be initiated, defensive ends Justin Tuck and Jason Pierre Paul must step up. From what I have seen from the film, they just don't seem to be winning the individual battles, if they start to, they will be able to bring back the pass rush and hopefully rattle quarterback Josh Freeman. The next key is the linebackers, specifically Spencer Paysinger and Jon Beason. Now Paysinger has been the most consistent linebacker for the Vikings so far this season but I would really like to see Beason get going in this game. Beason had a solid performance last week against Chicago, however, I really look for him to step up in this game and help Paysinger with slowing down the Vikings running back Adrian Peterson.
Finally the secondary, as I said before, the key players to watch are safety Antrel Rolle and cornerback Prince Amukamara, if they can keep this offense somewhat contained they will have done their job. I am also watching veteran cornerback Corey Webster, now he has been listed as probable for this game but assuming he plays, I would like to think he could help mend this secondary somewhat due to his experience and skill set.
I am about to surprise a lot of you but I am picking the Giants to win. I know what your thinking and trust me I am thinking it to but I would like to think that the Giants will make the right adjustments and at least limit the turnovers for one game. Plus I would like to think that the Giants have pride and have to be fed up with the fact they have allowed themselves to be 0-6. Nonetheless, I expect this to be a good game, despite both team's horrible records and for those saying it will be a horrible game, remember if the game is horrible, you can just turn the channel.
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Directed Self-Assembly of Block Copolymers for Nanolithography: Transcending Next Generation Integrated Circuit Nanomanufacturing Processes
|Stoykovich, et al. present results of incorporating directed self-assembly of BCPs for the fabrication of isolated features, and critical IC geometries.
A review by Jeff Morse , PhD. National Nanomanufacturing Network
- Stoykovich, et al. Directed Self-Assembly of Block copolymers for Nanolithography-Transcending Next Generation Integrated Circuit Nanomanufacturing Processes ACS Nano 2007 1(3) 168-175. DOI: 10.1021/nn700164p
While self-assembly using block copolymers has demonstrated the ability to generate sub-100 nm features, patterns are typically limited to ordered arrays of cylindrical features. In the case of integrated circuit (IC) fabrication processes, a much more versatile patterning approach is needed in order to achieve the necessary geometries for circuit and device layout. Even with revolutionary changes to the IC layout and design rules, nanoelectronics still require an essential set of complex pattern geometries that may be required either in dense array form, or as isolated structures having ever decreasing critical dimensions. In contrast to ordered arrays of patterns, these geometries include lines, 90 degree bends, jogs, T-junctions, periodic arrays, and combinations thereof. A recent article by Stoykovich, et al. (ACS Nano 2007 1(3) 168-175) presented results of incorporating directed self-assembly of BCPs for the fabrication of isolated features, and critical IC geometries.
Specific geometries were achieved using a ternary block copolymer-homopolymer blend, which benefitted from the homopolymer redistribution within the lamellar domains to form nonregular geometries. Further preparation of local surface feaures using both low resolution and high resolution lithographic techniques combined with multiple exposures to chemically pattern the localized surface, enabled assembly of BCPs in complex, device-oriented structures. The article further details the process whereby the substrate is chemically modifed using a self assembled monolayer that is chemically grafted to the native oxide on the silicon substrate. Standard lithography (top down processes) can be used to pattern the surface providing regions of distinct chemistry and interfacial energy with respect to the two blocks of the copolymer. The researchers found that by varying the wetting properties of the chemically patterned surface and feature sizes, along with the composition of the copolymer-homopolymer blend, that both isolated and dense patterns and features could be achieved.
The suite of geometrical features could be achieved in both dense and isolated structures, with subsequent pattern transfer techniques, such as reactive ion etching and thin film deposition, conducted to form the actual pattern in the silicon substrate. While the processes developed established the means to generate IC like features using the directed assembly of BCPs, significant steps must be further developed to render this approach suitable for next generation IC manufacturing. Furthermore, new IC design rules must be established to exploit the patterns that are achievable using this approach, therefore specific devices and componenst may be realized earlier, such as memory or programmable gate array devices that can make use of the ordered array nature of directed self-assembly processes.
DOI: 10.4053/er95-080702
Tags: Jeff Morse, Nanopatterning/Lithography, Block copolymers, Integrated Circuits

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It looks like a weird halfway point between a Gemini suit and an Apollo suit. It was clearly used in the early days of the Apollo program, most notably with the Reduced Gravity Walking Simulator at Langley.
It's most distinctive feature is its head-fitting helmet with a black rimmed openable visor and clavicle bar.
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Yeah, I had seen pictures of the A-3H-204 and figured it must be related, but not an exact match.
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On this basis NASA awarded a study contract to ILC which led to a series of new designs, including the SPD-143, and AX-1L. It's also sometimes referred to as the Apollo 'State Of The Art' suit (a rather nebulous term that was regularly reassigned to each new ILC prototype through the early 60s). Outside of obscure Apollo training photos it's probably most widely recognized as the Major Matt Mason suit, from the toy of the same name.
I'm lucky enough to own an original SPD-117 that was submitted for the Mercury competition. You can find it on this page.
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quote:Originally posted by carmelo:Is the famous Matt Mason suit.
That's actually a big part of why I was so interested in this suit. Yes, I'm interested in spacesuit design overall, but the Major was definitely my favorite toy as a kid. It's going to be interesting to see what they do with the upcoming movie.
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12:00pm Friday 14th February 2014 in News By Megan Archer, Reporter
A CHOCOLATE shop in Cirencester has got a taste for the town's upcoming hare festival by producing a solid chocolate hare statue.
Lick the Spoon has produced a chocolate hare weighing over 10 kilograms in time for next month's Cirencester March Hare Festival.
Businesses all over town are getting involved in the new festival by sponsoring and decorating hare statues of all sizes, from five foot tall to a more realistic hare height, ready for next month.
Lick the Spoon produced Hartley the chocolate hare which will also go to auction like the other hare statues after the festival. He can be seen sitting proudly in the shop's window on Black Jack Street.
Lick the Spoon owner Matthew Short said the chocolate creation was made by his wife Diana.
"I can't take the credit for Hartley as it was Diana, who is a great artist in her own right, who made him.
"He took four days to make. You have to melt the chocolate to such a high temperature it becomes like clay."
The Cirencester Hare Festival gets underway on March 29 with a sculpture trail of over 30 five foot hares being dotted all over town. They will then go to auction in early October with all money raised going towards The Churn Walkway and related children's projects.
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LINDA HURWITZ, the Jewish Federations of North America's campaign chairwoman, and Jerry Silverman (2nd L), its president and CEO, meet with Chief Rabbi David Lau (R) and Religious Zionists of America chairman Martin Oliner last week..
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Stop the Insanity. Don't Track Actuals.
Most project managers want to track actual effort and dollars toward the completion of their projects and deliverables. The goal is obvious and laudable. By knowing the actual cost of something we can provide more precise estimates the next time around.
However, I don't find actuals useful. I have little faith in the quality of the data that gets collected. Low-quality data is, at best, not useful. At worst, it will lead you to wrong conclusions and bad decisions.
Four issues seriously degrade the reliability of actuals.
- We, as individuals, remember pain. And we are much more inclined to remember when we took 100 percent longer to complete a one-day task than when we went 50 percent under on a two day task.
- Professionals prefer producing results over pushing paperwork. Sometimes we don't put any mental cycles to tracking and remembering our effort against discrete activities. When the time come to push out the paperwork we can do no more than look back at our estimates.
- Sometimes we don't work in sequence. Tasks get entangled. Priorities shift. We deviate from our plan to help other team members. The work gets done, but there's no accounting for where the effort went. Again, our only fallback is our estimates.
- There is an expectation that each of us contribute a minimum number of hours per week, regardless of whether one is an employee, consultant or contractor. Will there be a problem if my actuals don't add up to 40 hours (or more) a week? What about meetings, email, chores and helping other teams — where do those things go? No matter what reassurances you provide, too many of us will ensure that our weekly actuals total to the company work week, regardless of our actual effort toward shippable product.
Is it really worth spending your team's limited resources on this?
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Brian Shannon replied on Thu, 2010/12/23 - 11:25pm
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Thanks for the comment, Brian!
I'm certainly concerned about culture. In many environments I haven't liked the impact that tracking actuals has on the culture. Of course, that's only my experience. The other concern for me - both the point of my post and based on experience - is that the data obtained by collecting actuals just isn't very reliable.
That's not to say I'm against actual tracking in every case. If a team chooses to do it because they find it valuable, sure - but it needs to be a TEAM decision. If individuals track actuals individually because they find it helpful, then of course they should do it. Some limited use of actual-tracking to identify overhead - as you propose - could be interesting. All these cases are very different than the project manager simply choosing to collect actuals.
And I agree, both as a coach and a PM, we need to focus on improving estimation. I use well-defined commitments, short iterations, and velocity to acheive this.
Jeff Vera replied on Fri, 2010/12/31 - 8:43pm
1. Remembering pain helps us learn and avoid similar pain points in the future.
2. If someone is working "too hard" on a task and doesn't remember what they did, their task was too large and their work most probably unfocused and inefficient.
3. Someone who isn't a manager who isn't working in sequence to the point that they don't or can't remember what they worked on from day to day is being mismanaged.
4. If you are getting paid for 40 hours of work, then the employer better be getting 40 hours of work or something is up. A picture of efficiency or lack thereof will surface when actuals (yes, actuals) are compared to estimates over time.
Always track actuals. Always remember your actuals. Always remember where you came from so you can better predict where you'll end up going.


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NERAM – It's Good Time To Watch Cinema !!
Neram ( Tamil / Malayalam ) by Alphonse Putharen , yet another short filmmaker turned director is a film you must not miss. The film proclaims itself as the first ever movie in Tamil Cinema History that doesn't try anything different ! Right from the opening credits the director has given a different treatment to the common scenes of the 75 year Tamil cinema .
Some lines from the opening credits – Thanks to "GOD" ,Sincere thanks to my Ex-Girl friends (especially the last one)
The story of the film is quite simple the protagonist of the film Vetri has borrowed 50,000 INR from Vatti Raja a dreaded goon , and his lover Veni has eloped from her house , the police are behind them and to add to Vetri's woes he has to pay his sister's remaining dowry money , he loses his money to local pickpockets and thus he is in a cobweb of problems !
The film is thus about time as the title suggests , good time and bad time in a person's life . If you are disbeliever of this concept like me , you may still enjoy this film . The making of the film – screenplay , editing , cinematography and background score all blend perfectly that we get a visual treat. The artist selection is perfect and we don;t get that bilingual feel , for which Alphonse Putharen must be appreciated as many experienced directors have failed in at least one language while making a multi-lingual film , and in his first attempt he has done it quite successfully , though we get a mallu feel at places.
The film's screenplay is on the lines of Guy Ritchie films but , the genre is so , we cannot blame comparisons . This film is definitely worth you time and money at the theatres.
The film has the feel of short film at instances , but we can get over it , the run time of the film is short that's a great thing its around 105 minutes , the film could have been done away with the interval concept, as it could have resulted in a better watching experience . The film picks up its pace only towards the interval , so its time that we do away with the concept of intervals.


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Kat Parra Latin/World Ensemble Presents "Las Aventuras de Pasión!", Thurs. August 23, 2012
Kat Parra Latin/World Ensemble Presents "Las Aventuras de Pasión!"
Thursday, August 23, 2012
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"Parra possesses a voice with personality and soul." — Andrew Gilbert, NPR's California Report
Vocalist Kat Parra casts a wide net over a variety of musical topographies. She delves into a world of sound with forays into Middle-Eastern, Afro-Peruvian, and Sephardic musics, pushing well beyond the conventions of Latin jazz. Her ability to sing fluently in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and Ladino is a passport into the richness of contrasting musical cultures. She is ably backed by Murray Low – keyboards; Masaru Koga – woodwinds/percussion; Chris Lopes –bass; Katja Cooper – percussion; and Dan Foltz – drums. Parra and her world ensemble are celebrating the release of Las Aventuras de Pasión.
Kat Parra grew up in a musical family where she was encouraged to develop her talent. As a youngster she studied piano, guitar and pursued classical flute studies in her teens through her college years. But she was also testing out her abilities as a vocalist and developing an interest in Latin jazz and Latin music of all kinds. She attained her degree in music at San Jose State, including two years of previous study at UCSC. Although at the time, she was married and starting a family, Parra kept a hand in the music scene, singing in Bay Area Top-40 cover bands, and later, Latin group Charanga Nueve. She also studied graphic design, which led to a long-term position at a Silicon Valley tech firm.
Today, with her children grown, Parra is back into music full-time, exploring the sounds of Old and New World cultures. Her 2006 debut album, Birds In Flight, announced her arrival as an exceptional Latin jazz vocalist with a unique approach. Her follow up recordings, Azucar de Amor and Dos Amantes, put her on the international stage, with invitations to perform in Mexico, Brazil and Europe. Her latest CD, Las Aventuras de Pasión, produced by Wayne Wallace, fully immerses Parra in the Ladino music tradition of the Sephardic music, which has become one of her passions as reflected in its title. Latin Jazz Corner crowned her Best Latin Jazz Vocalist for 2008 and 2010. The Jazz Journalists Association nominated Azucar de Amor for 2008 Latin Jazz Album of the Year, and Jazz Times magazine called her, "… an exceptional world-music ambassador."
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Once buried under hundreds of feet of active glacial ice a small rock ridge helps to illustrate the demise of this glacier. On September 8, 1936 this rock ridge, on the Southwest side of the basin that once held the Ice Caves, was used in a photograph to show the extent of the Steven's Lobe of the Paradise Glacier. In the photograph the stagnant ice is seen as a continuous sheet thick enough to completely surround the rock ridge and obscure the view of the lower portion of Little Tahoma Peak.
This photograph, shown to the participants of the 1986 Glaciers of Mt. Rainier Olympic field seminar by Carolyn Driedger, was in sharp contrast to the scene we viewed. While standing at the same point on the ridge that the photograph was taken we were over 100 meters from the nearest snowfield and several hundred meters from ice more than a few meters thick The basin no longer contains any true glacier ice, only firm snow. The upper-west edge of the basin is still covered by the main body of the Paradise Glacier but a rockfall-prone slope separates the now independent snowfield from it. The skyline to the north, once obscured, is now visible along with other recently exposed terrain. The rock ridge is an excellent point to monitor the changes that are occurring and have occurred in this area.
If you wish to follow the changes going on first-hand, consult the 1936 photo provided by the Washington Historical Society. A copy of the print is in the Interpretive slide files along within a photograph taken from the same point last September, almost exactly 50 years after the original. To find the rock ridge, take the Ice Caves Trail to where it disappears then look to your left. Beyond a sandy rise you will see a long low rocky ridge. Midway along the ridge is a rock approximately one meter high with 9/8/36 92 feet painted on it. This was the earlier photographer's photo point. Look up the ridge the described distance and you'll find a rock with an "X" painted on where a Ranger stood in the early photo to give scale.
The rapid melt-back of the Paradise Glacier also means the inevitable demise of the famous Paradise Ice Caves. Since no new ice is being added to the stagnant ice body, the rapid melting of ice witnessed in the recent warm seasons will consume the remaining vestige in only a few more years. The school bus-sized ice flakes falling from the thin ceiling have already forced closure of the caves to public access. All this geology in action tells us that we may have to wait until the next ice age glacial advance before we can again experience the beauty of the Paradise Ice Caves.
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MYRTLE FALLS -- on the southern slope of Mount Rainier on Edith Creek, a tributary to Paradise River. Name given by Jules Stampfler, the guide, in 1907. Myrtle was a member of one of his climbing parties. Jules remembered Myrtle but forgot the rest of her name.
EDITH CREEK -- named in 1907 by Jules Stampfler, the guide, who was getting out a series of stereopticon views and he needed a name for that creek. He did not remember Edith's full name. She was a member of one of his climbing parties.
COWLITZ ROCKS -- A mass of rocks on the southeast slope of Mount Rainier, and between the Paradise and Cowlitz Glaciers. The rocks were named in 1907 by the veteran guide, Jules Stampfler, who found a name necessary to satisfy the curiosity of his companies of tourists. Elevation, 7,457 feet above sea level.
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I don't claim to be a researcher or have a big background in statistics, so this post is going to be very "theory" heavy. This past weekend, I spent a decent bit of time driving around, listening to the most recent FanGraphs podcast (!) and pondering about baseball. During this time, for reasons unknown to me, my mind turned to how the heck to quantify catcher defense. I haven't followed all the recent research on catcher defense so I don't exactly know where this thought-process came from, but I had a 4-hour drive ahead of me and that left me plenty of time alone with my thoughts. For all I know, this article could be redundant and/or totally wrong, but I had some ideas and I wanted to share them. Please, be liberal with the feedback.
All right, so, big picture time. Imagine if you could graph the exact defensive ability of every major league baseball player over every season for the last 50 years. What would that graph look like? Well, it'd probably look something like a normal curve, right? The majority of seasons would fall close to the average - within one or two standard deviations from the mean - with a smaller number of outlier seasons on both sides. Determining what the average would be is easy enough (0 UZR, or a neutral defensive season) and if we wanted, the furthest limits on both ends could be easily established by looking back through historical UZR data.
Within that normal distribution, though, we'd have seasons from first basemen, second basemen, shortstops, catchers, etc. We all know about Bill James' defensive spectrum, where he ranks the positions in order of increasing defensive difficulty (for a refresher: 1B, LF, RF, 3B, CF, 2B, SS, C). Theoretically, players land at their optimal position; poor defensive players end up at 1B or LF, while defensive stars stick at places like SS and 2B. It doesn't always work out perfectly since there are always those players that make up for their defensive problems with their bat, and there are the Yuniesky Betancourts of the world that somehow manage to stick at key defensive positions despite any logical reason. With this in mind, what would the graphs look like if we broke defensive ability down by position? Would these subsets of the normal defensive distribution look like normal distributions themselves, or would they vary slightly from position to position?
The way I see it, the distribution of defensive talent could break down one of two ways. One, it could be that talent is evenly distributed among positions with each position closely resembling a normal curve. Two, the distribution could vary slightly from position to position. Since players at positions higher on the defensive spectrum are valued strongly for their defensive abilities, players with less defensive skills may be moved from these positions down to a position that they can manage more easily. This would result in positions higher on the spectrum having means higher than the overall average of defensive abilities, and make those lower on the spectrum have means lower than the average. In statistical terms, these distributions would be skewed (although to what extent would need to be determined).
Keep in mind, this is purely theory, but I like the intuitive feel of it. We know that bad defensive players typically end up at 1B, so wouldn't it make sense that the average defensive ability at 1B would be lower than that at SS? And if this was the case - if we could document this trend and determine its extent as you move through the defensive spectrum - couldn't we simply extend the trend to calculate what the distribution of catching defensive ability is? Catching is at the far end of the spectrum, so this theory would imply that catchers as a group tend to have a higher-than-league-average defensive ability, which again would make intuitive sense. It's only rarely that players stick at catcher if they can hit but have limited defensive skills (see the argument surrounding Jesus Montero for evidence) and back-up catchers with no hitting skills whatsoever can survive around the league for years courtesy of their defensive skills alone. Of course, it may be that this whole theory is crock and that defensive abilities are distributed randomly throughout the positions, but if that's the case, it'd be equally easy to determine the distribution of catching defensive skill - you just look at the normal curve.
Anyway, my thought is that if you can determine the typical distribution of catching defensive seasons by using the other defensive positions as a reference, you could then combine that information with scouting data in order to determine a rough estimate of a catcher's UZR from the previous season. Say you know that the average catching season is 1 UZR (estimated from the distribution), and that Dioner Navarro was ranked by Tango's fan scouting report smack in the middle of all catchers in MLB in terms of defensive ability; from this information, you could safely assume that Navarro had approximately a 1 UZR the previous season. You could also use this method to double-check such methods as the scouting report, to see how accurate it is and if the run estimates on how much a catcher's defensive contribution is worth.
Of course, there are a couple issues with this argument that even I can see. The biggest hole seems to be that by extrapolating the catcher distribution from the defensive distributions for the other positions, you're assuming that catching falls on the same scale of measurement as the other positions. For all we know, catcher defense could be twice as important as defense at shortstop...or vice versa. It is a very different position from all the others on the field and it requires different skills, so it's tough to say for certain that this is an accurate estimate. At the same time, though, without any data to prove one way or the other that catching is more or less valuable than that at any other position, the best estimate we can make is by using the information we already have from the other positions. Also, playing the outfield requires much different skills than does playing the infield - different reaction time, different arm requirements, different footwork, different positioning, etc. - and all of those positions have comparable UZR scores. Is it that far-fetched to imagine that catchers fall within a similar range? I don't think so.
All right...phew, so there's the theory behind my concept. I'll follow with another post that has the bit of research I've done so far, in which we'll get to see how crazy I am for writing over 1000 words on this subject and how crazy you are for reading it. Like I said in the beginning, please be liberal with the feedback. I'm just starting to look over articles on quantifying catcher defense and...well, I've determined I'm probably way out of my league. Good thing I wrote this first...


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I really enjoy listening to Carrie Underwood and her songs. I do have one problem, having lost my husband 14 years ago I have never once asked myself:
Baby why'd you leave me
Why'd you have to go?
I was counting on forever, now I'll never know
Oh, now I'll never know
It's like I'm looking from a distance
Standing in the background
Everybody's saying, he's not coming home now
This can't be happening to me
I don't think what happened to me was anything as compared to what happened to him. This song just sounds a bit me, me, me.


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Political institutions and central bank independence revisited
AbstractWe build on earlier studies regarding Central Bank independence (CBI) by relating it to political, institutional and economic variables. The data suggest that CBI is positively related to the presence of federalism, the features of the electoral system and parties, the correlation between the shocks to the level of economic activity in the countries included in the sample and, for a sub-sample of economies, the convergence criteria to join the European Monetary Union (EMU).
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After the Bengals controlled the first quarter and took a 7-0 lead, the Ravens controlled the second quarter, scoring 14 unanswered points and took all the momentum away from Cincinnati.
The Bengals offense has struggled to move the ball and Joe Flacco and the Ravens wide receivers have taken advantage of the Bengals weakness on defense, their secondary, with some long passes to Anquan Boldin and to Torrey Smith.
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Critically ill and special needs children got a special night at the Jackson Zoo. This is an annual event sponsored by St. Dominic Hospital.
The children and their families have the whole zoo to themselves and zoos across the country also hold this event which is called Dream Night. Children enjoyed Inky The Clown, a magician, food, and of course the stars of Dream Night are the animals.
"You can easily see how much fun they are having here. They're all happy and smiling, and they're not so crowded. A lot of these children have space issues, and can't handle a big crowd like a normal day at the zoo. So it's also a little bit cooler since its after 5 p.m. and their parents don't have to worry about anything. It's a completely free event," said the PR Director for the Zoo, Angela Shepard.
Children from Little Light House, The Mustard Seed and Blair E. Batson Children's Hospital come out for the free event. Last year about 100 children and their families signed up. This year there were more than 300.
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Israel's covenant with the Lord is confirmed with sacrifice and the sprinkling of blood on the people of Israel. Moses then is called by the Lord to go up on Mount Sinai to receive stone tablets of the Ten Commandments. He spends 40 days and nights with the Lord.
Like Christ in the desert at the beginning of His ministry, Moses begins his role as lawgiver through 40 days of fasting and prayer in the presence of the Lord. The blood sprinkled on the people of Israel foreshadows the blood of the New Covenant, the Blood of Christ, shed on the Cross and made present to us again at every Mass.
Exodus 24:1-18
And he said to Moses: Come up to the Lord, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abiu, and seventy of the ancients of Israel, and you shall adore afar off. And Moses alone shall come up to the Lord, but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people come up with him.
So Moses came and told the people all the words of the Lord, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice: We will do all the words of the Lord, which he hath spoken. And Moses wrote all the words of the Lord: and rising in the morning he built an altar at the foot of the mount, and twelve titles according to the twelve tribes of Israel.
And he sent young men of the children of Israel, and they offered holocausts, and sacrificed pacific victims of calves to the Lord. Then Moses took half of the blood, and put it into bowls: and the rest he poured upon the altar. And taking the book of the covenant, he read it in the hearing of the people: and they said: All things that the Lord hath spoken we will do, we will be obedient. And he took the blood and sprinkled it upon the people, and he said: This is the blood of the covenant which the Lord hath made with you concerning all these words.
Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abiu, and seventy of the ancients of Israel went up: And they saw the God of Israel: and under his feet as it were a work of sapphire stone, and as the heaven, when clear. Neither did he lay his hand upon those of the children of Israel, that retired afar off, and they saw God, and they did eat and drink.
And the Lord said to Moses: Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and the law, and the commandments which I have written: that thou mayst teach them. Moses rose up, and his minister Josue: and Moses going up into the mount of God, Said to the ancients: Wait ye here till we return to you. You have Aaron and Hur with you: if any question shall arise, you shall refer it to them.
And when Moses was gone up, a cloud covered the mount. And the glory of the Lord dwelt upon Sinai, covering it with a cloud six days: and the seventh day he called him out of the midst of the cloud. And the sight of the glory of the Lord was like a burning fire upon the top of the mount, in the eyes of the children of Israel. And Moses, entering into the midst of the cloud, went up into the mountain: and he was there forty days, and forty nights.
- Source: Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition of the Bible (in the public domain)


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PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- New Orleans coach Sean Payton says he will meet Tuesday with Bill Parcells, and part of that discussion will include who will coach the Saints this coming season.
Payton says he will decide in the next "two to three" days whether he will appeal the suspension that would keep him off the sideline this season because of his role in the Saints' bounty system.
Parcells has been mentioned as a possible replacement for Payton, who says he has turned to his former boss in a mentoring role throughout the process. Payton says any decisions about who will coach the Saints in 2012 would also involve general manager Mickey Loomis and owner Tom Benson.
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Kessel, Leafs agree to 8 year extension
Save Cody Franson - how the Leafs can keep Cody Franson and make everyone happy again
The feisty Leafs' winger is currently weighing his options including a return to the KHL champion Dynamo Moscow.
Leafs to face Bruins in Round 1
The Leafs have signed Morgan Rielly, their 2012 first round draft pick.
Gee, why would Stan Fischler of MSG Network, wholly owned by Madison Square Garden, Inc., come out in support of the owners in the NHL's CBA negotiation?
The Toronto Maple Leafs have re-signed Matt Frattin for two years at $850k per.
The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed former Colorado Avalanche Jay McClement to a two year deal.
Remembering Colby Armstrong's time in Toronto after he was bought out by the Maple Leafs.
The Toronto Maple Leafs have bought out Colby Armstrong. As part of his buy out they'll have a $1M cap hit for the next two years.
The Score is reporting that Mats Sundin has been inducted to the Hockey Hall of fame alongside Joe Sakic, Adam Oates and Pavel Bure. We should probably wait for official confirmation but Sundin's...
Leafs trade Luke Schenn to Flyers for James van Riemsdyk
Brian Burke talks about the Maple Leafs' 2012 NHL Draft 5th overall pick Morgan Rielly.
The Toronto Maple Leafs have selected Morgan Rielly fifth overall in the 2012 NHL Draft.
The Los Angeles Kings have escaped one of the worst clubs in sports.
Bob McKenzie puts an internet rumour about Brian Burke's impending firing by MLSE to rest.
Larry Tanenbaum wrote an open letter to Leafs fans. I have some thoughts on its efficacy.
Toronto Maple Leafs Winger Joffrey Lupul has separated his shoulder and will be out for 3-4 weeks.
The Toronto Maple Leafs traded defenceman Keith Aulie to the Tampa Bay Lightning for winger Carter Ashton.
The Toronto Maple Leafs have traded Keith Aulie
Did a hockey website leak Leafs trade interests?
Did the Staples Centre clock help the Los Angeles Kings score the game winning goal against the Columbus Blue Jackets?
Joffrey Lupul, Dion Phaneuf, and Phil Kessel share some thoughts on the All-Star Game Weekend in Ottawa.
John Boruk of NBC Sports has ranked the NHL's GM/coach duos. Where do the Leafs' land? And is it a fair ranking?
The Toronto Maple Leafs have given John-Michael Liles a four year contract extension.
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Self-Organizing Networks: From Bio-Inspired to Social-Driven
Rapid changes and steep challenges could lead to too many users flocking to one or only a few networks, thereby leaving some potentially useful service providers out of the picture. To avoid such negative effects, it might be worthwhile to transition from the idea of bio-inspired to social-driven networking. Read full article »
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In a previous essay, the myths of automation were described by reference to "deadly sins." Here, a case study takes the word "deadly" quite literally. This article relies on material from an Army Research Laboratory (ARL) review of Patriot missile fratricide incidents. It should be noted, however, that the example recounted here is not a singularity. Read full article »
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Over the past several decades, we have all sacrificed our health for cheap and convenient food, and we desperately need to change these bad habits.
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I guess it is from too many stories like these that I started buying pretty much all organic food. In Germany, it is pretty easy to do when you go to a 'bio' shop. It IS more expensive, and it ISN'T a guarantee that you will be eating a perfect whole food, but it is the easiest way for me to consume healthier foods for my family.


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Iowa Department of Public Safety Commissioner, Brian London, resigned Tuesday night, after just 10-months on the job.
London had to deal with several controversial issues, including the firing of veteran DCI Agent, Larry Hedlund and Governor Branstad's speeding incident.
London faces a lawsuit for his role in Hedlund's firing. Hedlund says his superiors retaliated against him for filing a complaint about Branstad's speeding state vehicle.
London also apologized last month to the Philippine ambassador to the U.S. for telling employees that Filipinos were hard to polygraph.
Iowa Senator, Jeff Danielson, told KWWL, London's management style seemed to produced low morale from the beginning within the department. That, Danielson says, put "many good public safety professionals in the crossfire." Senator Danielson was a member of the Senate Committee which confirmed London as DPS Commissioner, but Danielson voted against London's confirmation.
Wednesday morning Governor Branstad announced the appointment of Larry Noble to take the vacant position.
In a statement, Branstad says, "Larry Noble has a reputation for integrity and humility, which is important as we focus on the department's future. I have chosen Larry because he has a wealth of experience in the Iowa Department of Public Safety, and has demonstrated the ability to lead with integrity."
Branstad says Noble has 30 years of experience in the Iowa Department of Public Safety, and served four years in the Iowa Senate.


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Clifford Olson
ĀWe were like moths around a flame, said McNeney, referring to that sultry day in August when he danced with the devil.
August, 1997
What the jury has to decide about me is my character, said Olson, beginning his case, in the high security courtroom in Surrey. Who is Clifford Olson? What has Clifford Olson done since he was sentenced? He finished his rambling, at times contradictory, opening statement.
After Olson served 16 years, he applied under Section 745 of the Criminal Code, the faint-hope clause. The parents were grief stricken, having to engage in a pointless exercise of the hearing.
At 57, Olson appeared even slighter than in 1981, when he was 41 years old. Wearing a tattered red T-shirt, with his legs shackled, behind a bulletproof partition, Olson leaned over the rail of the prisoners dock at times, for emphasis. Acting as his own attorney, he appealed to the six-man, six-woman jury hearing his bid for early parole, claiming that the had many unsolved crimes to confess, some murders that he committed alone, others with a friend. He said that they were involved in the unsolved string of Green River Murders. The Vancouver Province, a local newspaper, reported that the man in charge of the Green River investigation scoffed at such a claim, saying that he would have had to be a magician, able to tunnel his way from a prison somewhere in Canada and make his way to Seattle to have killed any of the women. According to Bruce Northrop, Nothing he has said, or will say, can be believed unless it can be substantiated by independent means.
Olsons own character witness, Dr. Tony Marcus, a court-appointed psychiatrist, claimed that Olson is still as devious and animated as he was when he was convicted in 1982 and shows no signs of burnout. This actually makes him more dangerous, having spent most of his life in prison. Olsons second character witness said almost the same thing: that there was no safe way that Olson could ever be released, believing that he was virtually unchanged
Forensic psychiatrist Dr. Stanley Semrau called Olson completely untreatable, more dangerous than in 1981 because he thoroughly enjoys celebrity status, trying to claim the title as ultimate serial killer. He told the jury that Olson is addicted to murder and is the most extreme sexual deviant, the most disturbed, most pathological personality I have ever encountered.
ĀLadies and gentlemen, said Olson in his summation to the jury, you have seen me before you. Do I look like a raving lunatic? Members of the jury remained calm, but the victims family members laughed uproariously, and a resounding Yeah! was heard throughout the courtroom.
At the end of the trial, amidst the clapping and yelling, some standing up, Justice Richard Low of the B.C. Supreme Court terminated the proceedings, Weve all had enough of this nasty businesswell adjourn. Olson was quickly becoming a paper tiger.
Although Olson had been sentenced to a minimum of 25 years without parole, he believed all along that he would make parole in 15 years. But, it took only 15 minutes for the jury to return a verdict rejecting Olsons bid for parole. His next opportunity will come in the year 2006. He is confined in a maximum-security institution in Quebec, probably until his death. Since his Section 745 hearing in 1997, he has not been allowed to harass the victims families with phone calls and cards.
The last time Maile saw Olson he asked him: What would you do if you got out, Cliff:
Olson grinned, Id take up where I left off.
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'You die cop': Ill. man accused of stalking officer
Officer thinks it started when he arrested alleged stalker's nephew
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CHICAGO — A gray Nissan kept turning up outside Chicago Police patrolman Lance Handzel's home on a quiet block in Chicago's Southwest Side, scaring his family.
It circled his home a few times in October 2010, rounding the block, according to Cook County prosecutors. One of its occupants, Trini Morado, stopped and stared down Handzel's wife, Nicole, and their 7-year-old daughter, prosecutors said.
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World's best St Patrick's Day parties
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We had a great little road trip, despite its beginnings. Much to tell you, but just to be obnoxious, I'm gonna do the trip in reverse. Which means we're going to start with the drive home.
Makes you crazy, doesn't it?
We haven't taken many field trips this year because of moving and, well, that whole leaving the house thing. Since we'd already left the house, we figured we might as well make an attempt at "family field trip." So I stifled my inner neurosis that insists we travel at warp speed with as few stops as possible so we can Get There Already and we decided to amble our way down I-65.
Our first stop was in Louisville, to see the Louisville Slugger Museum. This was right off the interstate and the perfect size museum for a quick hit.
My brother Emmanuel was with us and I made him pretend to be tickling a statue. He tolerated me very sweetly.
There was a factory tour that allowed us to see bats being made. There were lots of things to touch (Adam was happy,) things to look at, and it all felt very authentic, not museum-y. They were actually making bats. And they wouldn't let me take pictures. But afterward, we checked out the Lego exhibit.
Yet another generation learned to tolerate my silly picture poses.
From there, we hit the batting cages. All but the Littles took a few swings. Which sounded fine until I saw my babies staring down a pitching machine and I remembered none of them had ever swung a bat before.
They survived with very little injury (Sam took a ball bounce to his face, but I smeared some lavender oil on him and he calmed down) and each even miraculously made contact with the ball!
We hit the road again and headed to Nashville. We were stopping to visit some dear friends for dinner, but since we were being all footloose and ambly, Andrew and I made a stop for nostalgia's sake. We checked out the jewelry store where we bought my engagement ring 800 years ago. The same guy, Salem, is still running it and chatted to us like long lost friends while my ring was cleaned and a prong was fixed. And he told Andrew what shiny item to buy me next. Well worth the stop!
After the longest "dinner" ever with some of our favorite people, we hit the road for the last leg of our trip at 10 pm. (The kids were angels that night. I think their little introverted selves were ready to watch some TV and chill out for a bit after all the Big! Family! Fun! of the weekend.)
With a bit of caffeine and a good book on tape, we wheeled into the driveway at 1 am. And, oh, it was so nice to be home. We had a fabulous time, but there's nothing quite like pulling into Home when you've been away.
What I Learned: Driving at night with kids is certainly convenient and fulfills my every traveling neurosis. But if you've got to drive during the day and you've got the flexibility, stretching it out a bit with some fun breaks is a great way to go. The trip didn't feel painful at all and everyone was content to make 2 and 3 hour chunks of the drive rather than all 10 hours at once.
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Steamboat Springs is well-known for awesome powder, in particular, tree skiing and home to some of the best Nordic ski competitors in the U.S. It is not exactly a destination area for ice climbs. However, there are at least 2 ice climbs in the area. As a result, crowding does occur, but perhaps if locals add more information, the crowds may get spread out. One is a backcountry climb up near the pass...most common name to be added here...and the other is Fish Creek Falls, WI3. However, other ice probably forms in the area.
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Fire in Ascension Parish kills brothers
Updated On: Dec 24 2012 07:46:58 AM CST
Two brothers were killed in a mobile home fire in Ascension Parish late Sunday night.
The fires started around midnight in the Darrow community. State Fire Marshal Butch Browning said the two brothers were 4 and 6 years old.
Their mother and two other children escaped the blaze.
The Fire Marshal's Office and the Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office are jointly investigating the fire. They noted that there were no working smoke alarms at the home, which was fully involved by the time firefighters arrived.
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NUMBER ONE is a play about the journey made by every schoolgirl. It speaks to the contemporary teenage experience, and through humour addresses universal issues such as the search for acceptance, self-definition, self-confidence, and self-esteem.
Merle Williams is a seventeen year old schoolgirl who is obsessed with being "number one". What she wants most in the world is to be accepted; to be accepted by her father, by her family, and by her fellow pupils, but what she needs most is to be accepted by herself. Merle believes she can earn that acceptance if she can be the best at everything she does.
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