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Vestavia Hills is located primarily in Jefferson County, but portions of the city also lie within Shelby County. The city sits at the top of Shades Mountain, which is part of the southernmost reaches of the Appalachian Mountains. It is named for the estate of early resident George Battey Ward. The city limits also encompass the communities of Liberty Park and Cahaba Heights. Vestavia Hills has a mayor/council form of government.
Early History
The origins of Vestavia Hills lie in the establishment of several estates by wealthy Birmingham residents who sought to escape from the noise and pollution of the industrial city in the early twentieth century. In 1916, banker Edgar Jones Smyer built a road from the Birmingham Water Works filter plant at the base of Shades Mountain to its top to facilitate future development of the area. The road was extended in 1922, and a few people began to build estates along it. In 1924, former Birmingham mayor George Battey Ward built the home from which the town would gain its name: he named it Vestavia because it was modeled on the temple of the Roman goddess Vesta in Rome, Italy. The home also featured a gazebo, built in 1929, modeled after the temple of the Roman goddess Sybil in Tivoli, a town east of Rome.
Ward died in 1940, and the estate was purchased by developer Charles Byrd, who conceived of a planned community of 1,000 homes named Vestavia Hills atop the mountain. The home itself was taken over by the Vestavia Hills Baptist Church, and a portion of the original structure now makes up part of the modern church. The Temple of Sybil was moved in 1976 to an outcrop marking the entrance to the community, now known as Sibyl Temple Park. Byrd began constructing homes in 1946 in response to the housing boom that followed World War II, and the town soon hosted an elementary school and several churches. During that same period, the Montgomery Highway was constructed to connect the community with the state capital. The city was formally incorporated on November 8, 1950. Commercial development and additional residential areas continued to expand the city's boundaries into the late 1960s, and the city established its own school system in 1970. The sites for both the junior high school and the high school were donated by members of the Pizitz family, founders of Birmingham's Pizitz Department Store and residents of Vestavia Hills. Also in 1970, the Elton B. Stephens Expressway (locally known as the Red Mountain Expressway) opened, connecting Vestavia Hills with the Birmingham suburbs of Homewood and Mountain Brook. The road was blasted through a section of Red Mountain and became known as the Red Mountain Expressway cut. It was designated a National Natural Landmark in November 1987. The city of Vestavia Hills is part of the greater Birmingham Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Vestavia Hills is bisected by U.S. Highway 31, which runs north-south through the city and connects with Interstate 65 to the south. Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport, located 11 miles to the north, is the closest airport.
According to the 2010 Census, the population of Vestavia Hills was 34,033. Of that number, 90.4 percent identified themselves as white, 3.8 percent as Asian, 3.8 percent as black, 2.5 percent as Hispanic, and 0.2 percent as Native American. The city's median household income was $82,049, and per capita income was $49,059.
The workforce in present-day Vestavia is divided among the following occupational categories:
· Educational services, and health care and social assistance (26.1 percent)
· Professional, scientific, management, and administrative and waste management services (16.4 percent)
· Finance, insurance, and real estate, rental, and leasing (12.9 percent)
· Retail trade (8.9 percent)
· Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, and food services (7.8 percent)
· Construction (7.6 percent)
· Other services, except public administration (5.1 percent)
· Manufacturing (4.7 percent)
· Wholesale trade (3.8 percent)
· Information (2.7 percent)
· Transportation and warehousing and utilities (2.2 percent)
· Public administration (1.1 percent)
· Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and extractive (0.8 percent)
Schools in the city are overseen by the Vestavia Hills City Schools system. The city employs approximately 445 teachers and enrolls approximately 6,400 students in five elementary schools, two middle schools, and one high school.
Events and Places of Interest
Every spring, typically in February or March, the city hosts its Dogwood Festival, which features crafts and a beauty pageant. Vestavia Hills has three parks and two sports facilities that offer picnic areas, playgrounds, walking trails, and fields for various athletic activities.
Claire M. Wilson
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Congratulations to South Pasadena Middle School - named to the list of 2011 California Distinguished Middle and High Schools.
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City of South Pasadena Tournament of Roses - The oldest self-built float in the Rose Parade.
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What accounts for our poor ability to deal with the risks that really matter?We live in a world of risk. It waits for us in our refrigerator and surrounds us on the freeway. It\'s lurking in our arteries and sitting in our 401(k) accounts. Given that we deal with risk on a constant basis, we should be good at it; as it turns out, though, we\'re not. We\'re blind to ...more
Entertaining and logical, this book demonstrates how humans evolved to recognize and deal with immediate threats yet have remained unable to recognize or adequately address the large, very large problems that threaten us all. We live in fear of such improbable risks as shark attacks, snakebites or airplane crashes and irrationally alter our behavior accordingly yet complex risks are typically dealt with by simple denial. In the face of rising sea levels, out of control ponzie schemes and other issues big and small, Croston shows how humans tend to behave either by taking action, worrying or ignoring the problem. Even in practical matters like personal health where things like the risks of smoking and obesity are well understood, most people opt to take the easiest route by simply thinking those dangers dont pertain to them.
From infidelity to the pain of social stigma, climate change to superstition, this amusing and educational book not only points out the reasons for and fallacies of our behavior but also includes ways of constructively addressing them. Filled with entertaining antidotes and lots of current, real world examples, this provides a window into why we frequently behave in ways that are completely counterproductive to our best interests in an entertaining, nonjudgmental way.
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If and when Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie sell their south-of-France wedding pictures to the highest bidder (and then presumably donate the proceeds to charity), it will likely fall short of the haul generated by their biological daughter Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt. That's just one of the intriguing tidbits contained in today's Daily piece by Michelle Ruiz about the celeb shots currently most coveted by Hollywood paparazzi.
The first photos of Shiloh were sold to People magazine for a staggering $6 million, while pictures taken in Africa that confirmed the couple-status of Jolie and Pitt went for around $1 million. Ruiz estimates that Brangelina wedding day pics will net approximately $2 million:
"That's going to be the wedding of the century," Gary Morgan, CEO of Splash photo agency, told Flash of the nuptials. He bets the shots will be closely guarded and sold to the highest bidders in the U.S. and abroad. "They'll revive the industry — for that week, anyway."


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Pruritus vulvae; Itching - vaginal area; Vulvar itching
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Margesson LJ. Pediatric vulvar disorders. In: Black M, Ambros-Rudolf CM, Edwards L, Lynch PJ, eds. Obstetric and Gynecologic Dermatology. 3rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier; 2008:chap 26.
Davis AJ, Katz VL. Pediatric and adolescent gynecology: Gynecologic examination, infections, trauma, pelvic mass, precocious puberty. In: Lentz GM, Lobo RA, Gershenson DM, Katz VL, eds. Comprehensive Gynecology. 6th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier; 2012:chap 12.


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Today is my first born's birthday. There is something special about one's first born. He is the child that I learned to be not only a mother but a grown-up. His father and I were just 20 when Wes was born and determined to prove that we were not too young to be parents. He survived it and survived it well.
Moms have a different relationship with each child.
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After being beaten and humiliated in a loss against Floyd Mayweather, Saul "Canelo" Alvarez will face Alfredo Angulo in the ring on March 8, 2014. Most analysts say that Alfredo will be an easy fight for Canelo; however, putting the fight in a Pay Per View match is something most people do not agree with.
It is understandable that Canelo is being matched with Angulo, a lesser experienced boxer who needs to prove many things yet. But putting them up in a PPV fight might not be a good idea. Will people be willing to watch a match between a previously beaten Canelo against a lesser popular boxer Angulo?
While most people believe that the fight is not worth being in PPV, the Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer thinks otherwise. He firmly believes that Canelo's charisma and fighting style will draw many people to the fight.
Saul "Canelo" Alvarez has a professional record of 42 wins, 1 loss, 1 draw, and 30 knock outs. His only loss was recently acquired from his fight against Floyd Mayweather. Canelo is being promoted by Golden Boy Promotions owned by Oscar De La Hoya.
Canelo earned many boxing titles from his entire career. The major and maybe the finest achievement of Canelo is winning the WBC Light Middleweight Champion. He also won international or regional titles and special titles such as the Jalisco State Welterweight Champion, WBA Fedecentro Welterweight Champion, NABF Welterweight Champion, WBO Lation Welterweight Champion, WBO Youth Welterweight Champion, WBC Silver Light Welterweight Champion, and The Ring Magazine Light Welterweight Champion.
Alfredo Angulo Lopez is a Mexican professional boxer. He participated in 2004 Summer Olympics for his country. The same with Canelo, Angulo is being promoted by the Golden Boy Promotions. His professional record is 22 wins, 3 losses, and 18 knockouts. Angulo is a brawler fighter who likes to attack his opponent. The biggest win of Alfredo Angulo is against then undefeated Harry Joe Yorgey in November 2009 where he became the Interim WBO Light Middleweight title.
Before the contract was finally signed, Canelo and Angulo have already a rivalry. The rivalry is not something that will support the fight, but rather both of the two fighters dislike each other to the point that they don't want to enter the same ring. With much negotiations and compromise, both fighters agreed to meet each other this March.
It is worth noting that the Canelo-Mayweather fight garnered the top-grossing PPV in its history – grossing more than $150 million. Thus, Golden Boy Promotion is aiming to at least bring a little bit of that luck in the next game of Canelo.
Most people see Angulo as a mere warm-up sparring partner or a stepping stone for Canelo after the disappointing loss against Mayweather. This match is said to just tune up Canelo for the next higher profile match. However, Angulo is very determined to turn the table and show the critics that he is a worthy opponent.
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Monika Järg: Wooden Rug
Have you ever seen a wooden carpet with felt stitched on? Oh no? Oh yes! You are about to… Meet Estonian textile designer Monika Järg who will also be exhibiting this week over at the Lodz Design Festival in Poland. I've never in my life laid eyes on anything even remotely similar. I love it. She uses plywood and felt to "stitch on" a pattern creating a wooden rug. Gorgeous!
Now THIS is inspiring and innovative, right!? I am dying to see the entire rug now and wonder how this really works — how does it feel to walk across, where would it be used, etc. If you are attending this fair and you see one, please snap a photo or two for me — I'd love to check this beauty out in situ. Must be amazing.
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erin commented
October 12th, 2009 at 3:54pm
lovely! the textures in these photos are great.
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JwB @ the prettygoods commented
October 12th, 2009 at 3:56pm
Wow, this is so cool. I bet these wooden rugs would also look great hung on the wall. Or as a headboard. Very inspiring!
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Brooke H commented
October 12th, 2009 at 4:20pm
So cool! If someone sends you photo's of it in a room set up, please post them!
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Chelsey commented
October 12th, 2009 at 4:55pm
Those are so awesome! I love them!
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October 12th, 2009 at 5:32pm
That's looks great. I'd too like to feel under my feet. These could be also used as table.
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October 12th, 2009 at 5:44pm
What a great look.
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laura trevey commented
October 12th, 2009 at 7:14pm
so creative!! I would love to see the entire rug too :)
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October 12th, 2009 at 10:43pm
this is very original! love it Monika's so talented.
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October 12th, 2009 at 11:36pm
This is really interesting. Still thinking about it I like it.
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October 13th, 2009 at 12:19am
Piia Harris commented
October 13th, 2009 at 1:27am
She's so talented and from Estonia like me:)!Unique,unique,unique..
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Judith ~ Felicity Crew commented
October 13th, 2009 at 2:23am
Very inspiring to think out of the box! I wonder what size they are?
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Jacqueline commented
October 13th, 2009 at 3:11am
WOW this really looks cool! Such talented artist! Have a lovely merry happy day and love to you!
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October 13th, 2009 at 8:31am
viv commented
October 13th, 2009 at 9:01am
How interesting, I hope someone get some more pictures!
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Margit K. commented
October 16th, 2009 at 5:02pm
Here is her website. Lots of more discovering there :). http://www.tekstiilruumis.ee/indexeng.html Enjoy!
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Colorful Shrimp Pad Thai Recipe
- 6 ounces uncooked thick rice noodles
- 1/4 cup rice vinegar
- 3 tablespoons reduced-sodium soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 2 tablespoons fish sauce or additional reduced-sodium soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- 2 teaspoons Thai chili sauce
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 1-1/2 pounds uncooked medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 3 teaspoons sesame oil, divided
- 2 cups fresh snow peas
- 2 medium carrots, grated
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 2 cups bean sprouts
- 2 green onions, chopped
- 1/4 cup minced fresh cilantro
- 1/4 cup unsalted dry roasted peanuts, chopped
- Cook noodles according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine the vinegar, soy sauce, sugar, fish sauce, lime juice, chili sauce, oil and pepper flakes until blended; set aside.
- In a large nonstick skillet or wok, stir-fry shrimp in 2 teaspoons oil until shrimp turn pink; remove and keep warm. Stir-fry snow peas and carrots in remaining oil for 1-2 minutes. Add garlic, cook 1 minute longer or until vegetables are crisp-tender. Add eggs; cook and stir until set.
- Drain noodles; add to vegetable mixture. Stir vinegar mixture and add to the skillet. Bring to a boil. Add shrimp, bean sprouts and green onions; heat through. Sprinkle with cilantro and peanuts. Yield: 6 servings.
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What's in a Name?
Have you ever been talking with a friend and they mention this movie you absolutely have to see? Then you go and look it up and it has absolutely nothing in common with the film your friend described? Well, take heart — your friend isn't insane (at least, not in this case). Even beyond mockbusters (films developed to trick well-intentioned relatives into buying you inferior films), much of the cinematic world is guilty of inadvertently choosing similar titles. Here is a quick glimpse of my favorite examples.
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* (The) Deep Blue Sea: One is a tragic relationship story with Tom Hiddleston and Rachel Weisz. The other is a film about genetically enhanced sharks that terrorize an underwater science lab. Try not to get them confused, especially as the one with the sharks also features two of Hiddleston's "Avengers" cohorts. As I haven't seen the serious one yet, I can't give an honest opinion about whether genetically enhanced sharks would make it better.
* Life Is Beautiful: There are two Indian films with this title, but I'll concentrate a bit more on the more recent 2012 release, which is a coming-of-age story about six teenagers in a working-middle-class neighborhood. Their generally positive experiences are a bit of a contrast to the 1997 "Life Is Beautiful", which featured Roberto Benigni and a horde of Nazis. That "Life Is Beautiful" was one of those delightful, extremely moving films which I can't watch again. (A topic for another time, kids.)
* Taken: The first is a 1999 film with Dabney Coleman trying to convince his kidnappers not to kill him when the ransom's not paid. The other is the 2008 film with Liam Neeson out to find and kill his daughter's kidnappers. Sure, you have some similarities, but I'm thinking the kidnappers in the former have it a little easier than when Liam Neeson is on the case.
* Possession: A popular film title with no less than five films in its ledger. Most of the films tend to have a supernatural bent, the most recent being the Sam Raimi co-produced "The Possession", dealing with the Dybbuk Box. However, romance also enters the picture with a British silent film in 1919 and the 2002 rom/mystery/drama/floor wax/dessert topping "Possession" with Aaron Eckhart and Gwenyth Paltrow.
*Trepass: 1992 Ice-T, Ice Cube and Ice Paxton… sorry, Bill Paxton. This one had a mix of gold-hunting firemen and gangsters executing one of their enemies. This sort of situation always ends well. Flash forward to 2011 and we see Nicholas Cage and Nicole Kidman are trapped during a home invasion, where we get standard marriage fault lines and copious back story. Perhaps they should have called Liam Neeson for help…
There are many more films with identical titles I didn't talk about, e.g., "The Kid", "Heaven Can Wait", "Crash", "Kicking and Screaming", "Red", "Blue", "Up", and "Chocolat". Have you got a film that can be mistaken for another?


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Flipboard, Vine and Path make their way onto Windows Phone 8, Hipstamatic an exclusive for the Lumia 1020
That's where Nokia's biggest announcement after the Lumia 1020 came - the Windows Phone Marketplace now has 165 000 applications. Not just the number is growing, though, some extremely nice apps we know from other platforms like Flipboard, Vine and Path will be launching for Windows Phone 8 in the very near future.
For those that have somehow missed those apps, Flipboard is a unique magazine-styled news reader, Vine is Twitter's addictive 6-second video sharing service and Path is a more personalized social network for only your closest connections.
We were really hoping that Nokia would announce Instagram for Windows Phone 8 today. That would have made many people happy and would have added that extra flare to the already amazing 41-megapixel camera on the Lumia 1020. While that did not happen, Nokia's Pro Camera offers a ton of neat options and there are many other ways to get your photos outfitted in vintage colors. To make up for that, Nokia unveiled that Hipstamatic Ogg Pro is coming exclusively to its Lumia 1020. Great news!
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1. freebee269 (Posts: 528; Member since: 10 Aug 2012)
didnt the girl from nokia show in the presentation that you could upload to instagram from the lumia 1020? while not an official app, you can still use instagram if what she showed is true.
2. Diego! (Posts: 508; Member since: 15 Jun 2009)
Not only showed, she said so too!
5. Bilpocalypse (Posts: 301; Member since: 13 Oct 2012)
You can. The app is called instance. It has been on wp8 for at least a month now.
3. DerryAhmad (Posts: 245; Member since: 05 May 2012)
These are some big name apps that I'd like to have on Windows Phone 8 commited to the platform, especially Path!
Glad to see the company committed to bring the app to Lumia devices. Nokia is really pulling all the strings to make WP more awesome!
I love Flipboard and I can see Vine is also very popular recently. This is a very good time for Lumia devices and WP.
Not too worry on not getting official Instagram yet. There are some really awesome 3rd party Instagram apps on WP.
6. bwhiting (Posts: 173; Member since: 15 Jun 2013)
I would be more inclined for the app Path than most right now
4. mottykels (Posts: 372; Member since: 15 May 2013)
Nice one Nokia ;)
7. taz89 (Posts: 2014; Member since: 03 May 2011)
Surprised no instagram still especially with the apparent good relationship between Microsoft and Facebook.


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It was all part of EBR Mania held Saturday, October 17, at Cortana Mall. About 5,000 people attended the event to pick up applications for magnet programs at various school booths scattered in the mall's promenade and to visit gifted/talented booths to learn about the gifted/talented screening process. The annual event is held to recruit students and launch the magnet school application period and to promote gifted and talented programs. This time, applications are for the 2010-2011 school year at all East Baton Rouge Parish School System (EBRPSS) elementary, middle and high schools with Magnet Programs.
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The nearly five month NFL lockout had some bright side for NFL front offices, allowing for no "me time" this offseason, as players and agents were not allowed contact with their teams. However, it did not stop players from ruminating upon their individual contracts – it wouldn't be NFL training camp without some contract angst among the labor force. This year's disgruntled bunch (hoping to become gruntled?) includes DeSean Jackson, Osi Umenyiora, Matt Forte, Cortland Finnegan and Chris Johnson.
These players – all under contract – feel they have outperformed their existing deals and the market has passed them by. For Jackson, Johnson and Forte, those deals are still their rookie contracts, an issue that was dealt with in the CBA -- lowering the top deals without addressing the bargains that most rookie contracts, such as those of these three players, truly are.
At least we haven't yet heard (and we will): "It's not about the money," which, of course, means, "It's all about the money." Speaking of which…
The 30% stifle
Last season, the 30% rule – prohibiting clubs from paying a player more than 30% of his previous year's salary – limited teams from extending young players. I explained the rule here using Johnson as an example. Teams hid behind the 30% rule and the surrounding labor uncertainty, leaving ascending players unable to capitalize on their performance.
The Titans opted for a quick-fix solution with Johnson, advancing about $1.5 million of future money to buttress his 2010 salary of $550,000. However, this temporary band-aid has fallen off.
New forfeitures
The penalties for veteran holdouts this season are $30,000 per day. Johnson is the only player now racking up these fines, although I sense these penalties will vanish when he is negotiates a new deal, which he will soon. In their recruiting pitch to quarterback Matt Hasselbeck, the Titans were clear that Johnson would not be missing any meaningful games.
Along with the increased fines, Owners negotiated Article IV § 9 in the new CBA: "forfeitable breaches" of bonus money resulting from (1) holdouts; (2) unavailability due to arrest; (3) non-football injury; and (4) voluntarily retirement.
The pool of a player's money ("forfeitable salary allocation") susceptible to forfeiture includes the applicable season's signing bonus, roster bonus, option bonus and reporting bonus.
ICONJackson reported to camp in time for a free agency credit.
The new CBA restores the prior CBA's free agency rules, granting players with four accrued seasons eligibility for free agency. As of yesterday (August 9th) players holding out from camp lose a year of pension vesting and free agency credit, which will have detrimental effects on their careers.
This had more meaning for Jackson, signed through 2011, as opposed to Johnson, who has another year left on his contract after this season and will certainly have a deal before then. Thus, the August 9th deadline appears, at first blush, to be working against veteran holdouts.
Team response
Players and agents hope to cause angst and distraction to merit a response from the front office and divert the focus of media attention.
Having dealt with a few of these situations over the years – Mike McKenzie and Javon Walker, among others at the Packers, and Sheldon Brown at the Eagles – I know the drill. Every team in the NFL confronts this, some more publicly than others.
We have seen teams take different reactions to player discontent. As told through HBO's Hard Knocks last season, the Jets were clearly affected and moved to action regarding Darelle Revis. In contrast, Chargers' general manager AJ Smith was indignant about the grumblings of Vincent Jackson. And the Patriots' Bill Belichick let abrasive comments from Logan Mankins simply fall to the ground without response.
As to this year's group, the teams have wisely been nonresponsive. The worst thing a team can do is engage a discontented player, especially through the media. The less done publicly the better.
The team can do one of three things when faced with these: (1) nothing; (2) rip up the existing contract and replace it with a new one to the player's liking, or (3) something in between.
In my time in Green Bay, we did the "something in between". We added money that was "earnable" – per-game roster bonuses, workout bonuses, incentives, etc. – rather than simply adding guarantees in the form of bonuses. It was neither what the player nor the team desired, but it was a workable compromise. I did these kinds of deals for players such as Donald Driver, Al Harris, Mark Tauscher, and others.
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In these situations, it is never about one player; the locker room is watching. For every player whose contract is adjusted or replaced, there are going to be three others thinking they deserve similar treatment. Sure, a front office can say that this particular player is different or a special case for one reason or another, but no player ever believes that.
Whatever happens in the coming days and weeks between the teams and these players will now serve as a way of doing business for the team. If, for example, the Giants – as speculated – shave a year off of Osi Umenyiora's contract, there will be several requests to do the same, whether now or in the future. If they do not, players will know seeking a new contract is a futile endeavor.
Fans, media and most importantly, teammates are watching.
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While very large, the ACS sample size collected from the smallest jurisdictions in a year will not be sufficient to support direct annual estimates of acceptable precision. Current plans are to not publish direct estimates for areas with populations of less than 65,000 people. For these areas, instead of the individual yearly estimates, the Census Bureau proposes to report equally weighted moving averages of the ACS yearly estimates for the most recent 2 to 5 years, depending on the size of the area. (The use of the cross-sectional models suggested above and the possible oversampling of governmental units with less than 2,500 population could reduce, but likely not eliminate, the need for some kind of borrowing of information for the smallest areas.)
Assuming linear changes in the true response of interest over time, moving averages will be estimates of the situation in an area 6 months to 2 years in the past, which would still be preferable to use of the decennial census information, which is generally less current and can be as much as 10 or more years out of date. Rather than use a moving average, particularly the equally weighted moving averages under consideration, other time-series approaches are possible, especially when one considers that ACS information (unofficially) can be tabulated on a monthly basis, therefore providing 60 observations over a 5-year period. Alternate forms of time-series modeling (e.g., ARIMA1) could reduce the variance of the resulting ACS estimates compared
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Page 12 3 Combination of Information Across Time While very large, the ACS sample size collected from the smallest jurisdictions in a year will not be sufficient to support direct annual estimates of acceptable precision. Current plans are to not publish direct estimates for areas with populations of less than 65,000 people. For these areas, instead of the individual yearly estimates, the Census Bureau proposes to report equally weighted moving averages of the ACS yearly estimates for the most recent 2 to 5 years, depending on the size of the area. (The use of the cross-sectional models suggested above and the possible oversampling of governmental units with less than 2,500 population could reduce, but likely not eliminate, the need for some kind of borrowing of information for the smallest areas.) Assuming linear changes in the true response of interest over time, moving averages will be estimates of the situation in an area 6 months to 2 years in the past, which would still be preferable to use of the decennial census information, which is generally less current and can be as much as 10 or more years out of date. Rather than use a moving average, particularly the equally weighted moving averages under consideration, other time-series approaches are possible, especially when one considers that ACS information (unofficially) can be tabulated on a monthly basis, therefore providing 60 observations over a 5-year period. Alternate forms of time-series modeling (e.g., ARIMA 1) could reduce the variance of the resulting ACS estimates compared 1 ARIMA, autoregressive integrated moving average, is a broad class of time-series models.
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Page 13 with the use of moving averages. An additional advantage of such alternatives, in comparison with equally weighted moving averages, is that the resulting estimates could be used as predictions for the current year and therefore would have less time bias. Use of these methods would also reduce some equity concerns when estimates from the ACS are used as inputs into fund allocation formulas, since it would be helpful to provide estimates with as little difference in variance as possible for areas (e.g., counties) regardless of their size. Borrowing ACS information across time also raises a broader combination-of-information challenge than represented in the discussion of the cross-sectional models discussed above, since the ACS, most household surveys, and most administrative records data are collected annually (and sometimes monthly). These inputs for other time periods could be used in several ways to improve the above cross-sectional models. RESEARCH DIRECTIONS Bill Bell organized his presentation into three pieces: (1) general borrowing of information over time in repeated surveys, using time-series models, (2) the specific use of moving averages or ad hoc smoothing models for the purpose of borrowing information over time in repeated surveys, and (3) methods used in the project on small-area estimates of poverty to combine information across time and geography and the relevance of these methods to ACS. Borrowing Information Over Time in Repeated Surveys The original work on borrowing information over time in repeated surveys was by Scott and Smith (1974). They assume that yt = θt + et, where yt is the time series that is observed, θt is the true process of interest, and et is the sampling error. In this situation, data and models are needed for both the time series of the sampling errors et —whose distribution is primarily determined by the sampling autocovariances—and that of the true response θt, which is assumed to have a stochastic (error) term (e.g., a common assumption is that θt = λθt−1 + εt) and may depend on regression variables. In this context, the stochastic term for the true process is generally assumed to be correlated over time and nonstationary. Best linear unbiased prediction (based on multivariate normal conditional expectations and variances) is used to estimate the model's parameters. One difference between this and cross-sectional models is that it is more difficult to recognize uncertainty in model parameters. Variance estimation of the estimates is complicated, but there are simulation approaches to this problem. Bell was aware of two implementations of this method: by Dick Tiller at the Bureau of Labor Statistics on the
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Page 14 state labor force time series and by the Australian Bureau of Statistics to estimate regional time-series estimates. This approach has been researched for some years, but it has been difficult for researchers to demonstrate substantial gains for the following reasons: when sampling error is low, substantial gains are not possible; when sampling error is high, although there is the potential for substantial gains, estimating the model's parameters is more difficult. A key problem in this area concerns the need for a model of the sampling errors, especially the autocovariances. Current plans do not exclude the possibility that in the ACS design the sampling errors will be approximately uncorrelated. If that turns out to be the case, it would permit a great simplification. Another issue is the consequences of uncertainty about the variances and time-series parameters, in particular the signal-to-noise ratio (i.e., model error variance relative to sampling error variance). Furthermore, there has been little study of the robustness of the resulting estimates to model misspecification. A related topic is that of benchmarking. This is the adjustment of estimates from, for example, a monthly survey so that the estimates for a given year, when summed, agree with annual data produced from another survey or a census. This adjustment would be supported by the assumption that the annual survey had less sampling error (which is reasonable) and possibly less nonsampling error. If so, benchmarking can reduce both sampling and nonsampling error. In the small-area poverty work (National Research Council, 1998, 1999), the Census Bureau made the assumption that the CPS contained less nonsampling error than the census, which is the reverse of the more usual situation. As a result, the Census Bureau did not constrain the CPS results to agree with the census. The interesting technical question was therefore how to use the census data to reduce variances without substantially increasing nonsampling error. This was accomplished by using the census data to define regression predictors in the CPS equation and using the fitted CPS equation to carry out empirical Bayes' smoothing, which effectively calibrates the estimates to a CPS basis. This issue will need to be addressed with the ACS with respect to surveys that are considered to be highly reliable for various outputs. USE OF MOVING AVERAGES FOR BORROWING INFORMATION OVER TIME IN REPEATED SURVEYS One suggested method for borrowing information that is under consideration for the ACS is the use of moving averages, e.g., estimating the true series at time t by averaging values for the observed series for the k closest time periods (where k is some small integer). Moving averages are a simple way to achieve reduction in the size of sampling errors associated with an estimate,
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Page 15 assuming that the sampling errors are relatively uncorrelated, with the downside that one is not then directly estimating the quantity of interest. So the use of moving averages results in a particular bias-variance tradeoff. Also, moving averages have a time delay for contemporaneous estimates, though asymmetric moving averages can provide estimates with less time delay. An interesting complication is that the application of moving averages to survey data later to be used as inputs in a model (e.g., for use in regression models as a dependent variable) may be problematic, as the moving averages will alter the statistical properties (particularly the autocorrelations) of the data. With model-based smoothing over time, one is typically producing minimum mean square error estimates of a response at the current time, assuming that the model is correct. Moving averages, as ad hoc procedures but still model-based, tend to disguise the underlying model that one is assuming. In various applications, the underlying model may or may not be sensible. For the specific situation where the true series follows a random walk (i.e., θt = θt−1 + et) and the sampling errors are uncorrelated over time, the resulting optimal time-series smoothing weights depend only on the signal-to-noise ratio. If one has 5 years of data, with a small signal-to-noise ratio, the optimal method approaches equal weighting. As the signal-to-noise ratio increases, one gets close to using only the direct estimate. Similar results could be obtained from other models, and further study is needed for other situations. COMBINING INFORMATION CROSS-SECTIONALLY AND ACROSS TIME The third part of Bell's presentation concerned how the Census Bureau might put together ACS, household survey, decennial census, and administrative records data over several years to produce small-area estimates, based on the work of the small-area poverty estimates program at the Census Bureau (described in the Appendix). The estimation strategy for small-area poverty estimates starts with a base model, representing the use of direct estimates for small areas, which is simply true process plus sampling error, as in the model by Scott and Smith (1974). It also uses a regression model for the true process, with an additive model error. The regression variables come from administrative records data. In the county model, the census data are also brought in as an additional covariate. In the state model, the Census Bureau incorporates information from the decennial census by adding the residuals from the analogous regression fit using census data as the dependent variable. The Census Bureau is examining a more recent approach for the county-level model, referred to as the bivariate model, which uses two linked equations, one for the census estimate and one for the CPS estimate. They are both true process plus sampling error models in which true process is modeled using
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Page 16 multiple regression and the error terms for these models are assumed to be correlated, which links the two models. There are formulations of this approach in which the census residuals show up in the CPS regression, but with a coefficient that varies according to the sampling variance in the census. Since the sampling variances in the state model are small, this approach makes little change to the state model, but it has an effect in the county model. A related approach would be to include the use of a measurement error model to link aggregate CPS and census responses, which can be thought of as a restricted form of the bivariate model. The small-area poverty estimates have not yet incorporated multiple years of CPS data into the model, though the Census Bureau has experimented with state-level models that use up to 5 years of CPS estimates using a multivariate generalization of the bivariate model. The problem, similar to that discussed above, was in developing a time-series model for the model errors. Further, given the high-level of sampling error for counties and most states, it was unlikely that including previous years of CPS data would be that helpful. When considering the ACS as an added source of information, most likely as a replacement for the census in the above models, especially the bivariate model or multivariate generalizations, its large sample size could result in at least two modifications to small-area poverty modeling. First, the census may be less useful as a covariate when the ACS is included. Also, for the same reason, using past years of ACS data may have greater value than using past years of CPS data. Clearly, this area is only beginning to be explored. The most troublesome possibility is when one cannot conclude that the regression model is stable over time, because in that case one has many fewer data points with which to work. Another difficulty occurs when modeling discrete outcomes, since there the theory is even less well developed. Discussant Eric Slud stated that there are two distinct types of information involved in this area: statistical variation and the variation of the signal over time. Borrowing strength over time involves understanding the models that generate both, otherwise the bias could be substantial. Understanding the autocovariance of the sampling errors is extremely important. More generally, this borrowing of information over time is a highly model-dependent activity. Therefore, it is important to emphasize model-checking assessments and whether the validity of assumptions can even be assessed. Another key question is how to model nonsampling error, which does not appear to be treated in the literature, except in applications with longer time series. A key nonsampling error here is that the CPS, the census, and the ACS present different approaches to measuring various quantities—for example, in the primary example cited, for measuring poverty. In order to make full use of these measurements in combination, one would benefit greatly from the use of a measurement error model. To support development of such
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Page 17 a model, more matching studies are needed between the CPS and the census, and, when possible, three-way match studies involving all three data sources. These studies might also help in measuring the degree of cross-correlation among the measurements, which would be useful in a Kalman filter 2 approach to this problem, and they might help support simple weighted combinations of direct estimates and model-based estimates. Generally speaking, every small area will follow its own time-series model. The only hope is that one can model these collectively in a simple form, in which case it will be possible to share information across small areas through a regression model that includes a shared random-effects component. This is a multiple time-series problem, and it has not been well researched. The development of time-series methods that use auto- and cross-correlations that do not exist or are poorly estimated is an important point. It supports the need for some kind of study of whether there are substantial divergences from these estimated or assumed auto- and cross-correlations and, if so, what the implications are. A first step would be checking the sensitivity of the results to the use of alternate auto- or cross-covariance forms. This could be a component of a larger study of model form that is related to nonsampling error. This step will be needed in the effort to calibrate the long form with the ACS (discussed in Chapter 7) and in calibrating the ACS with various household surveys. Such studies will also help in the interpretation of standard errors that would be produced from time-series analysis. The floor discussion raised additional modeling ideas. One possibility would be to use direct estimates at a higher level of aggregation and moving averages of shares over time to allocate these estimates to smaller areas. The question was raised whether the ACS would release monthly estimates, which would facilitate time-series modeling. Other issues raised included the benefits from incorporation of spatial autocorrelation structure in these models and ways of addressing the effects of census undercoverage in these modeling problems. FINAL POINTS The various requirements for the development of time-series models for combining information in this context, including estimating the sampling autocorrelation structure, were put forward. The difficulties of parameter 2 Kalman filters involve a "state space" representation of a time series, which assumes that a linear model (with an additive error term) represents the relationship between the observed series and a set of state space variables (representing aspects of the time series such as trend or seasonality), and a second linear model represents the relationship between the state space variables at time t and at time t − 1.
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Page 18 fitting and model validation were emphasized. As a result, the borrowing of information across time could be difficult, and even if accomplished might not yield substantial gains. In particular, it may not be easy to find an estimation procedure that provides a substantial improvement over the current decision by the Census Bureau to use moving averages. However, the potential remains for improvement, and methods were discussed that might be used to move forward.


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