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Need Tips While You're on a Date? New App Lets the Internet Listen In and Offer Advice
Sometimes it's hard to find the right words to say when you're in the thick of a blind date or an argument with your boss. Now a new experimental app called Crowdpilot can help guide your conversations by enlisting advice from your Facebook friends, strangers or 99-cent assistants.
The free iOS app, launched Wednesday, allows people to listen in on your conversations using your iPhone's microphone and write in suggestions for actions, words or conversation topics in (semi-delayed) real time. It's either a wildly helpful tool, a novel game or a serious invasion of privacy, depending on how you look at it.
In collaboration with the nonprofit arts-and-tech organization Rhizome, Crowdpilot was created in a collaboration between Perceptor and the artist Lauren McCarthy, who sought to both criticize the augmented-reality and social-networking apps that have become dominant, while also exploring the "networked humanity" and "collective wisdom" those apps enable. For the launch, McCarthy set up a bunch of people on blind dates to try the app out and let the world watch via a live stream. Artists Molly Crabapple and Vince McKelvie were two of the guinea pigs. I listened in a bit and was intrigued to hear the same nervous pauses and awkward interruptions I've become so familiar with on my own dates.
I thought I'd give it a spin myself. Here's a step-by-step guide to how to use it, and what it's like:
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47301-001: Strengthening Stakeholder Engagement with the Midterm Review of Strategy 2020 - Phase II
Project Data Sheet (PDS): Overview
This regional small-scale technical assistance (R-S-PATA), in an amount not exceeding $225,000, will strengthen engagement with principal stakeholders on the midterm review (MTR) of Strategy 2020. Stakeholder consultations will involve governments, private sectors, and civil societies of developing member countries (DMCs) and development partners. The proposed R-S-PATA will be critical to widen the participation and ownership of stakeholders on the MTR. Read More
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PLANO (CBS 11 NEWS) – If you live in Plano, outdoor watering rules could become more restrictive, if current conditions stay the same.
Currently, Plano homeowners face Stage 3 watering rules. Under the tight restrictions, Plano homeowners can irrigate her landscape daily by hand only. Sprinkler systems get one spray every two weeks.
City officials are planning a public campaign for residents, letting them know of the possibility of banning all outdoor watering – a move to Stage 4 restrictions, if conditions don't improve.
"We are all trying to conserve, do what we can, the problem arises when the city mismanages parks like this one behind us…watering in broad daylight," said Plano resident Kyle Sheldon.
City parks are exempt from Stage 3 rules, but officials say they are actually using less water.
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has commendably warned states, terrorists and their proxies that America will protect its computer networks. To do so, however, the federal government must do much more to reach out to the private sector, which controls the vast majority of U.S. critical infrastructure, from banks to communications to energy.
Cyber security affects every American. It enables the operation of nearly every part of the economy, from banking to manufacturing to retail to health care. Numerous critical infrastructure systems (electrical, fuel distribution, transportation, communication, financial and more) can go dark, collapse, derail or explode if their networks are subverted.


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A 2,000-year-old bronze mirror workshop has been excavated in east China's Shandong Province, the first such discovery in China, archaeologists announced on Wednesday.More than 100 stone moulds, as well as foundry pits, wells and blastpipes have been unearthed at the site in a village near Zibo City, said Bai Yunxiang, deputy director of the archaeological institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. The workshop is believed to have been active in the early period of the Han Dynasty (202 BC - 220 AD), when the once-costly bronze mirrors gradually became household objects, according to Bai....
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Hundreds of East Baltimore residents protested a plan to add parking spaces to a Patterson Park access road, the Baltimore Sun reported. At times, the crowd shouted down city officials trying to explain the plan during an informational meeting Monday.
The plan is based in part on the city health department's desire to transfer activities at the John Booth Senior Center in Highlandtown to the park's Casino building. More than 5,200 people have signed a petition against the plan on the website Change.org, the Sun notes.


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"A Lesson In History"
I love Scott Brick ability to bring the characters to life with his voice, so yes I would definitely buy another one of his narratives as long as it's not written by Brad Meltzer. At this time, I have no intention of ever buying another novel by him.
No, I actually enjoyed reading James Rollins who stories are usually about a secret order of some kind.
Yes, Scott Brick showed enough emotion to suit the story line.
I was sorely disappointed with this novel. I was expecting real drama, mystery and excitement, and got none.
I like Brad Meltzer's early works, so I was really looking forward to this one, but the Fifth Assassin, like the novel that proceeded, the Inner Circle, was dull and left a lot to be desired. There was way too much history and fact and not nearly enough fiction and excitement. I felt like I was in history class and dreading every single moment of it. I hope his next fictional novel will be more entertaining. It is why I select to read fiction instead of non-fiction. I think Meltzer is a great fictional writer, but unfortunately he seems to be stuck in a boring writers realm. I hope he finds his way out because I miss the days when he wrote stuff like the Zero Game.
"Truly a new favorite!"
What a ride - a terrific continuation of Meltzer's previous release. It was great getting back in touch immediately with the characters. As one who is also interested in presidential history, I found the integrated realism of events that surrounded key presidents, Lincoln most prominently, but others as well, very intriguing. It inspired many search and Wiki inquiries to determine any reality in Brad's basis for some of the plot twists. Truly couldn't put it down - made my commute longer by design. Highly recommended.
plot twists, deep basis for story lines, plenty of surprises
Scott's a favorite - as many have said, he could read the phone book and it would be a must-listen
I was pleasantly surprised and inspired to learn more all along the read
"Brad Meltzer - The New Serial Writer & Killer"
I really enjoyed this book. As a sequel to "The Inner Circle," this book builds on the characters of Beecher, Niko, and Clementine. Yet the author weaves in a new character who drives this book. I enjoyed the story line and the way the author really fleshes out each character. Brings home too many memories of growing up as a teenage boy though - LOL!
The writing is excellent and I didn't want to stop listening.
And I enjoyed the ending. Sets the stage for the next book in this new series and makes the reader wonder, once again, about the new character - Marshall. Whose side is he really on? Finding out in the next book will make for an enjoyable read.
"Fascinating, Spellbinding"
Historical bounty intriguing
I could NOT STOP LISTENING. I stayed up til the wee hours of the morning as I had to have this resolved then zap....it leaves you during a high point in the story. The rest of the story please? How long until the next book comes out.? I cannot wait to see how this story ends.
Beecher. He just grabs his passion and inner dialogue so well. I feel that I almost know him personally.
I LOVE the little known historical facts such as President Lincoln sneeking into St Johns Church to pray and attend services and leaving before service ended. I also did not know that Lincoln was a member at Foundry Methodist church nor did I know of Foundry's history. Love their sharing of little known facts about George Washington and the playing cards. Facinating.
I was shocked at the books ending..."WHAT?" You cannot end it here.....how long do I have to wait for the rest of the story? Oh dear! I want to know the rest of the story! I also plan on visitng the sites in the book the next time I visit DC. St Johns Church and Cafe Milano here I come. I've visited the other places. I cannot wait for the next book to come out. I LOVE this series.
"This is my first Brad Meltzer book I did not like"
I thought the book was for me but as it went on and on I realized that at the very end I should have kept this book on the bookshelf
I think my next book will be The Intercept by Dick Wolf
I think Scott Brick did all he could but the book for me lacked substance
"not a great book"
The story did not grab the reader's attention as one would expect from a thriller.
"loved it"
great story that drags you into it. It's a great follow up to the first one.
I enjoyed the previous book and hoped for another engaging story. This was a very long, tedious rehash with a bit of history mixed in. Hoping for better from this author.
"Great book"
Loved the book! Can't wait for the next in the series. Narration was superb and full of excitement.
"Good, but too long"
I skipped a lot about Wisconsin. He would get a suspenseful storyline and poof! goes back in time that was boring. I didn't get the connection until the end. when I did, my thought was "so what?"
Scott Brick again saved the book. He could narrate the dictionary and I'd buy it.


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Comment: Re:What's that you say? (Score 3, Insightful) 528 528
No, I'll pass on the "free" stuff..
You seem to have missed the entire point of this story - 'how American students can get a University degree for free.'
Get a degree in Germany, move back to the USA (...if you still want to.)
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Jan Aelbertsz Riethoorn
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Jan Aelbertsz Riethoorn (1620 – 1669), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
He lived in Haarlem, where he joined the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke in 1646 and became a pupil of Cornelis Visscher.[1] Later he became the teacher of Abraham de Ridder, who made a portrait of him in 1690.[1][2] No works survive.
- ^ a b Jan Aelbertsz Riethoorn in the RKD
- ^ An Abraham de Ridder (1668-1738) is known to have made portraits and lived in Haarlem, but he was too young to have been Riethoorn's pupil.


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"Moms Run this Town" is a free running club for women through the Hesperia Recreation and Park District that meets at 9 a.m. the first Wednesday of the month near the fountains at Hesperia Civic Plaza Park.
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The premise is that, without the law, confidential sources will be afraid to come forward. History teaches us otherwise. We've never had a federal shield law, yet our robust free press continues to thrive and sources appear undeterred.
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danielakravitz 1692 days ago
nice... i love you lenny !!!
KotBonkers 1718 days ago
This one's great
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colopower 1747 days ago
when do you sing in spain againnnnnn????pleaseeee.jajajaja
cbensassy 1752 days ago
Lost my father 2 months ago. He left me a star just like the one you're wearing in this pic. I miss him so much, wearing his star around my neck makes me feel his strengh and his love. I never doubt about a universal connection. it's Love transcending al
BonVvant 1755 days ago
Okay, since when were you drafted? Or is that the set of MASH II?
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props to the cameraman/woman
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Make Tea, not war!
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Tate Reeves, Mississippi's lieutenant governor-elect, will address audiences at the Mississippi State University Library's John Grisham Room Tuesday at 2 p.m. as part of the library's Morris W.H. Collins Speaker Series.
Reeves is finishing his second term as Mississippi's first Republican Treasurer and was named one of 42 "Rising Star(s) in the Republican Party" in 2007 by the Republican National Committee's official magazine, Rising Tide. The event is free and open to the public.
Sid Salter, journalist-in-residence at MSU, said once Reeves won the Republican primary, it seemed likely he would win the November election against Reform candidate Tracella Lou O'Hara Hill. So, he said, MSU invited Reeves ahead to join the lecture series sometime in September or October, expecting his schedule to fill up once he took office.
"When we make decisions about the Collins Lecture Series, we try to invite guests who are on the cutting edge of leadership in the state," Salter said. "The Collins Lecture Series is the most prestigious lecture series the university hosts."
The series is named for Morris W.H. "Bill" Collins, the first director of MSU's Stennis Institute of Government. Salter said the goal of the series its to give students the chance to encounter, hear from and pose questions to public policy makers firsthand, and Reeves has been and will be one of Jackson's biggest policy makers.
"As lieutenant governor, he will be one of the three very powerful figures in how legislation gets legs and gets life over the next four to eight years," Salter said. "As treasurer, he has been very active in the state's fiscal policy."
There is another reason Reeves was invited, Salter said: Reeves, now 37, was only 29 years old when he won the treasurer's office in 2003.
"I think he'll be able to relate better to our students than some (state officials) of another generation," Salter said. "I think the fact that he's had so much success so young will inspire some on public policy and the pre-law track to believe they can also enjoy a similar success."
Even though Reeves has already won the election, Salter said, he has more than a few reasons to visit MSU and, like the students, will benefit from the visit.
"Tate and his family have an affiliation with Mississippi State," Salter said. "Tate attended Millsaps, but I think he has been a longtime fan and friend (of MSU.) His brother is an alumnus; others in his family are alumni. Mississippi State is one of the most successful — if not the most successful —university in the state right now. I think it's a good appearance for him, and I think it's an outstanding opportunity for us, and for MSU students to have a conversation with the next lieutenant governor of Mississippi."
In a previous visit to Starkville during his campaign, Reeves said the state's public universities and other school systems figure heavily into his plans for the state.
Reeves has served as chairman of the College Savings Mississippi Board, which he said has given 35,000 children the opportunity to attend college.
"I think we need a new kind of leadership, one (which) focuses on improving our education attainment level," Reeves said. "We have a lot of room for improvement. We can improve in our K-12 system by reducing the number of dropouts.
"We can improve our state's education attainment level by convincing more of those who are currently graduating to attend community college," Reeves added. "We can also improve the education attainment level by taking those who are attending community colleges or are graduating and convincing them to enter into one of our four institutions of higher learning."


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NL Notes: Liz, Urena, Anderson
The Pirates hope they'll be able to keep the just-designated Radhames Liz in the organization, manager Clint Hurdle tells Adam Berry of MLB.com (Twitter link). Nevertheless, Hurdle says that he expects another club to claim the live-armed righty. As MLBTR's Charlie Wilmoth explained earlier today, Liz has continued to be unable to limit the free passes in his latest run in the majors. His $1MM salary, too, may cause other teams to hesitate to place a waiver claim.
- The Marlins will bring up Jose Urena tomorrow to make his first big league start, Clark Spencer of the Miami Herald reports on Twitter. Urena entered the year rated as Miami's fourth-best overall prospect in the eyes of Baseball America, which praised his mid-90s fastball and quality change. The issue, per BA, is whether Urena's breaking ball can play well enough to keep him in the rotation. The 23-year-old righty made two relief appearances in the big leagues last year, but only reached the Triple-A level to start the 2015 season. Thus far, he owns a 1.21 ERA over 37 1/3 innings (5.3 K/9 vs. 2.9 BB/9) at the highest level of the minors. Miami was in need of new blood, both as a general matter and because both Henderson Alvarez and Mat Latos were recently placed on the disabled list (joining Jarred Cosart and Jose Fernandez on the DL).
- While it's of historical interest only at this point, manager Fredi Gonzalez says that the Braves attempted to sign lefty Brett Anderson over the winter, as MLB.com's Mark Bowman reports (Twitter link). Anderson ultimately signed with the Dodgers, of course, and had another successful outing tonight against Atlanta. Of course, the major question with Anderson has been health, and he experienced some back stiffness tonight. It doesn't appear to be cause for much concern at this point, but Los Angeles can ill afford any missed time from its top three starters.
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NL Notes: Dodgers, Nationals, Padres
The Dodgers have the money available to sign Max Scherzer or James Shields, but after adding Brandon McCarthy and Brett Anderson this offseason, they don't plan to add another top starter to complement Clayton Kershaw, Zack Greinke and Hyun-jin Ryu, Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times reports. "I don't think our intention ever was to sign one guy and punt on the fifth spot," says GM Farhan Zaidi, who adds that any further starters the Dodgers add will be for depth. Zaidi also characterizes Anderson's injuries last year as unlucky, and suggests they expect him to have a normal workload in 2015. "From a health standpoint, we feel very good about it," Zaidi says. Here are more notes from the National League.
- Nationals Class A+ Potomac manager Tripp Keister is pleased that his team got Chris Bostick and Abel De Los Santos in the Ross Detwiler deal with Texas, Lacy Lusk of Baseball America writes. Both players faced Potomac last year while playing for the Rangers' affiliate in Myrtle Beach. "He has a really good arm, and he showed some flashes of a really good breaking ball," says Keister of De Los Santos, who posted a 1.97 ERA, 10.4 K/9 and 3.4 BB/9 in 45 2/3 innings of relief last year. "I don't know if it's quite as consistent as you'd like it, but he has a really big arm."
- The Padres have, of course, spent the past month dealing away prospects in a surprising series of trades for big-league players that have had the team and its new GM, A.J. Preller, spinning wildly in the rumor mill. Credit Fangraphs' Kiley McDaniel, then, for writing several thousand words about the Padres' minor-league system, which looks dramatically different compared to the beginning of the offseason. Notably, the Padres have recently dealt with plenty of pitcher injuries (to Max Fried, Casey Kelly, Joe Wieland and Cory Luebke), and McDaniel notes that the Padres themselves have commissioned a study to figure out why, finding no systematic problems, only a string of unfortunate outcomes.
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Dodgers Sign Brett Anderson
The Dodgers have announced that they've signed lefty Brett Anderson to a one-year deal. Anderson, a client of the Legacy Agency, will make $10MM, plus up to $4MM in incentives for innings pitched. The incentives would kick in beginning at 150 innings, and Anderson would receive the full $4MM for pitching 200 innings.
The signing represents yet another fascinating move out of the new L.A. front office. Anderson is still only 26 years old and has generally been quite effective when healthy. But he has not thrown over 100 innings since 2010, falling prey to a variety of maladies, including a UCL tear (and resulting Tommy John surgery) and a stress fracture in his foot. Last year, Anderson fell victim to a freak finger fracture on a hit-by-pitch and ended the year on the operating table for a bulging disc in his back.
With risk looming large in his profile, the Rockies paid Anderson a $1.5MM buyout rather than picking up his $12MM club option. Anderson was also pursued by the Yankees and Athletics before picking his new home, ESPN's Buster Olney tweets.
For their money, the Dodgers will be adding a true high-ceiling, high-risk arm for the following season. That is the kind of chance a deep-pocketed club can take, of course, as Los Angeles will have options to fill the void if Anderson fails to stay healthy.
If it all works out, it would not be surprising to find that Anderson becomes the steal of the offseason. He threw to a 2.91 ERA last year in just 43 1/3 frames, posting 6.0 K/9 and 2.7 BB/9 along with a typically outstanding 61% groundball rate.
Over 494 career innings, Anderson's earned run average stands at 3.73, but his career FIP (3.51), xFIP (3.52), and SIERA (3.55) all paint him in even a better light. If one accepts the premise that Anderson would have posted better numbers had he not been constantly succumbing to and returning from injury, his true talent ceiling is probably quite high.
Anderson and Brandon McCarthy will, when their signings are official, step into a rotation fronted by Clayton Kershaw, Zack Greinke, and Hyun-jin Ryu. If all five of those arms manage to stay on the rubber for the most part, that has the look of quite an imposing group. Behind them are pitchers such as Joe Wieland, Zach Lee, and Mike Bolsinger. It would not be surprising, perhaps, to see the Dodgers pursue a veteran to hold down the swingman role played last year by Paul Maholm.
ESPN's Buster Olney originally tweeted that the two sides had agreed to a deal, and reported the basic financial outline. Yahoo! Sports' Jeff Passan and the Los Angeles Times' Dylan Hernandez reported details relating to the incentives in the deal.
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Dodgers GM Talks Brandon McCarthy, Brian Wilson
The Dodgers' major overhaul continued today when they officially signed right-hander Brandon McCarthy to a four-year deal worth a reported $48MM. Few doubt McCarthy's ability and those who put a great deal of faith in his sabermetric numbers are excited about what he can do in 2015 and beyond. However, the length of the 31-year-old's pact gave pause to some people due to his injury history. Not only did the Dodgers take a risk with McCarthy – they doubled down by agreeing to sign Brett Anderson to a one-year, $10MM contract. Earlier today I asked Dodgers GM Farhan Zaidi about the club's willingness to roll the dice on those pitchers.
"There's a risk-reward calculation that all teams make. Teams always have to consider these things with pitchers and [Dodgers head trainer] Stan Conte has been very involved in our process as far as histories and health risks go," said Zaidi, who did not mention Anderson by name as his deal is not yet official. "Going forward with any pitcher now, it's part of the cost-benefit analysis. You could have a guy who pitched 200-plus innings in the last four years that has a really bad elbow and that could go at any moment. Conversely, you could have a guy who has an injury history that you feel may be over the hump,"
"With Brandon and the other pitcher we're evaluating, we're trying to figure out how they'll perform in 2015 and beyond."
Zaidi, of course, is familiar with McCarthy and Anderson thanks to their time together with the A's. He had nothing but praise for McCarthy, saying that there was no other pitcher in Oakland that he felt more comfortable with on the mound. Zaidi had a tremendous amount of confidence in the right-hander, he said, due to his "intelligence and attention to detail and game planning" as well as his command.
The Dodgers GM sounds equally confident in the status of McCarthy's shoulder. Zaidi believes that those issues will be in the past thanks to a new offseason routine that calls for additional upper body work. The "proof is in the pudding" when it comes to McCarthy, who managed to add an extra 2 miles per hour to his fastball late in his career.
Midway through the conference call, reporters were informed that Brian Wilson was designated for assignment to make room for McCarthy on the roster. I asked Zaidi if Wilson was struggling this winter in his effort to get back to his old form.
"We've been keeping tabs on him in the offseason and this was not a move we made out of any medical concern. It was more related to performance and it's a position where we had to make a move because we had a surplus," Zaidi explained.
It appears that recent bullpen additions like Joel Peralta, Juan Nicasio, and Chris Hatcher have leapfrogged Wilson, leaving him without much of a role to play in Los Angeles in 2015. Their newest addition, meanwhile, will be counted on to serve as the fourth starter behind Clayton Kershaw, Zack Greinke, and Hyun-jin Ryu.
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AL Central Notes: Indians, Detwiler, Royals, Twins
The Indians are pursuing free agent starter Brett Anderson, ESPN's Jim Bowden tweets. If he's healthy, the talented but oft-injured Anderson would provide a wild card and a left arm for a talented Indians rotation that currently includes Corey Kluber, Carlos Carrasco, Danny Salazar, Trevor Bauer and T.J. House. Anderson has recently been connected to the Twins, Rockies, Royals and Astros. Here's more from the AL Central.
- The Royals discussed a potential Ross Detwiler trade with the Nationals, but talks didn't advance, James Wagner of the Washington Post tweets. The Royals saw the lefty reliever and Missouri native as "more of a backup option," Wagner notes. Detwiler, 28, posted a 4.00 ERA with 5.6 K/9 and 3.0 BB/9 in 63 innings with the Nats last season.
- There has been plenty of interest in Twins middle infielders Brian Dozier and Eduardo Escobar, but the Twins do not want to trade either one, CBS Sports' Jon Heyman tweets. Dozier and Escobar were among Minnesota's most productive position players last season, so it's understandable that the Twins would be reluctant to part with them, although they also got very good seasons from fellow middle infielder Danny Santana and from third baseman Trevor Plouffe.
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Twins Notes: Masterson, Liriano, Neshek
The Twins are focused on pitching upgrades this offseason, and here's the latest on the arms that Minnesota is (or isn't) currently exploring…
- Justin Masterson was linked to the Twins earlier this winter but 1500 ESPN's Darren Wolfson reports (via Twitter) that "about every sign" indicates the Masterson will sign with another team. The Twins aren't scheduled to meet with Masterson during the Winter Meetings and the right-hander has already met with several teams over the last few days.
- The Twins have been in touch with Francisco Liriano's agent throughout the offseason and they're expected to meet Monday with Brett Anderson's agent, La Velle E. Neal III of the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. Anderson is looking for a short-term deal to rebuild his value after an injury-plagued 2014, while Liriano looks to command a significant multiyear guarantee. Neal (via Twitter) doubts the Twins would surrender the draft pick it would take to sign Liriano, who rejected the Pirates' qualifying offer.
- Also from Neal, the Twins are one of over a dozen teams who have checked in on Pat Neshek this offseason. Neshek was originally drafted by Minnesota in 2002 and pitched for the team from 2006-10.
- The Twins have called about right-hander Ryan Vogelsong, Mike Berardino of the St. Paul Pioneer Press reports. Vogelsong has a 3.74 ERA, 2.35 K/BB, 7.05 K/9 and 42.4% grounder rate over the last four seasons with the Giants, throwing at least 179 2/3 IP in three out of those four years.
- Before Jason Frasor re-signed with the Royals, the Twins made a push to land the righty reliever, agent Dave Meier told Berardino. "The Twins had a lot of interest in him," Meier said. "They stepped up and made an early offer. We were definitely considering that along with Kansas City and a couple other teams. The Twins were one of a select few clubs as we kind of narrowed things down."
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Twins Notes: Coaches, Yang, Pitching Targets, Hunter, Duensing
The Twins announced the hiring of longtime Orioles minor league coach Butch Davis as their first base coach yesterday, adding to their recent list of coaching additions. While they've drawn a bit of flak for keeping most of their hires in-house, Darren Wolfson of 1500 ESPN reports (Twitter link) that Minnesota reached out to recently dismissed Cubs skipper Rick Renteria about the bench coach vacancy (since filled by internal candidate Joe Vavra), but Renteria declined to interview. Similarly, Bob Nightengale of USA Today tweets that the Twins wanted Delino DeShields to serve as their first base coach, but he took a position managing the Reds' Triple-A affiliate, as his ultimate goal is to manage in the Majors someday.
Here's more on the Twins…
- GM Terry Ryan told reporters yesterday, including La Valle E. Neal III of the Minneapolis Star Tribune, that Minnesota did not win the bidding for Korean lefty Hyeon-jong Yang (Twitter link). There was some confusion as to whether the Twins or Rangers won the bidding, with some speculating that they made very similar bids. The point is moot, regardless, as the KIA Tigers did not accept the winning bid for their top pitcher's services, as it was deemed too low.
- The Twins have interest in right-hander Edinson Volquez, reports Wolfson. Additionally, they've had conversations with agent Greg Genske, who represents both Francisco Liriano and Brett Anderson. Minnesota is expected to meet with Justin Masterson's agent next week at the Winter Meetings, and they met with CAA (the agency that represents Jake Peavy and Nori Aoki) at last month's GM Meetings, Wolfson adds. However, there's no real traction on either CAA client at this time.
- Wolfson also tweets that the Twins have made an official offer to Torii Hunter, who is expected to reach a decision soon. The Rangers are said to be pushing hard for Hunter, who reportedly prefers to sign with a contender. That makes a return to Minnesota seem doubtful.
- The Twins have given no indication that they plan to non-tender southpaw reliever Brian Duensing today, tweets Mike Berardino of the St. Paul Pioneer Press. Duensing, 31, is projected to earn $2.5MM in arbitration and was listed by MLBTR as a non-tender candidate.
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NL West Notes: Preller, Montero, D'Backs, Anderson, Giants
A pair of rival executives described Padres GM A.J. Preller as "all over the map" when asked by Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports. Preller, Rosenthal writes, is furiously exploring both trade and free agent possibilities to boost his new club's offense. According to Rosenthal, Preller was in contact with the Braves about Jason Heyward prior to their trade with the Cardinals, and he's also called on Jay Bruce and Matt Kemp in addition to showing legitimate interest in Pablo Sandoval. One of Preller's colleagues estimated to Rosenthal that the San Diego GM has had "baseline discussions" on at least 200 players this offseason. Suffice it to say, Padres fans should likely expect some form of significant move in Preller's first offseason at the helm.
Elsewhere in the division…
- Trade talks regarding Miguel Montero have not escalated significantly since Russell Martin came off the board and signed with the Blue Jays, reports the Arizona Republic's Nick Piecoro (the Montero portion comes at the bottom of the article). However, the D'Backs have spoken to the White Sox, Cubs and Dodgers about Montero, who is owed $40MM over the next three seasons.
- MLB.com's Jesse Sanchez tweets that Diamondbacks GM Dave Stewart was recently in the Dominican Republic, and senior vice president of baseball operations De Jon Watson is in Mexico scouting some of the top international teens on the market. The D'Backs are hoping to make waves on the international front soon, he adds.
- The Rockies are still interested in re-signing Brett Anderson to a more team-friendly deal than the $12MM option they declined, tweets the Denver Post's Patrick Saunders. However, the Royals and Astros are interested in adding Anderson under similar circumstances, he adds.
- Giants assistant GM Bobby Evans said on KNBR radio yesterday that his team is very interested in both Yasmany Tomas and Yoan Moncada (via Hank Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle). However, Evans wouldn't commit one way or another when asked if his club had the money to sign both Tomas and Sandoval.
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Royals Notes: Butler, Rotation, Hunter, Peguero
The Royals have now officially waved goodbye to long-time DH Billy Butler, who signed a three-year pact with the A's that was announced this morning. Kansas City had its chance to keep him, of course, but declined a $12.5MM club option on the right-handed hitter, preferring instead to pay him a $1MM buyout.
Here's the latest out of Kansas City:
- In a piece discussing the anticipated loss of Butler, Andy McCullough of the Kansas City Star indicates that the team remains intent on making impact additions to its roster, particularly to the rotation. The club has had at least opening discussions with agents for Ervin Santana, Brandon McCarthy, Brett Anderson, Jason Hammel, and Jon Lester, writes McCullough.
- Francisco Liriano is also a consideration for the Royals, as are many other arms in the mid-tier of free agents, Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com reports. And trade possibilities are also being explored. The team is still dabbling in the markets for Lester and Shields, Heyman notes, but seemingly has eyes for Liriano and Santana
- Torii Hunter is a definite target, says Heyman. The team believes that he is still a reliable bat and sees him as a quality fit.
- Kansas City is considering utilizing Carlos Peguero in a time-share in right field and at DH, tweets Jeffrey Flanagan of FOX Sports Kansas City. That plan would be particularly interesting if the team could pair the left-handed-hitting Peguero with a veteran right-handed bat of Hunter's ilk.
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AL Notes: Jays, Astros, Anderson, White Sox, Kluber, Twins, Bourjos
The heavily backloaded nature of the Blue Jays' deal with Russell Martin leaves the club with additional potential payroll capacity for 2015, as Ben Nicholson-Smith of Sportsnet.ca writes. It is worth noting that Toronto likely feels comfortable pushing cash into the 2016-19 segments of the contract because, as is apparent from my recent post regarding future obligations, the team had very little on the books after this year.
Here's the latest from the American League:
- The Astros have checked in with Brett Anderson's representatives, tweets Evan Drellich of the Houston Chronicle. The oft-injured, but generally excellent lefty makes his home in Houston and could represent an interesting upside play for the rising Astros.
- White Sox GM Rick Hahn has an extensive history with Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman, notes Dan Hayes of CSNChicago.com. As Hayes explains, the two even managed to pull of a trade for the injured Jesse Crain at the 2013 trade deadline. While it remains to be seen whether a deal will be worked out involving shortstop Alexei Ramirez, it seems fair to believe that all reasonable possibilities will be explored between those two clubs.
- Of course, the White Sox already made an interesting move earlier today by locking up southpaw Zach Duke to a three-year, $15MM pact. Hahn says he is pleased but already "on to the next [deal] now," as Hayes reports. "It's an important get, one we're all very happy about," said Hahn. "But we're not deluding ourselves that we're by any means finished addressing our needs both in the bullpen or elsewhere."
- A move by the Indians to push for an extension with Cy Young winner Corey Kluber would not be surprising; indeed, I profiled Kluber as an extension candidate back in August. But the club has yet to initiate talks, according to Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com (Twitter link).
- With the Twins still lacking a clear solution in center field for 2015, Peter Bourjos of the Cardinals is a name to keep an eye on, according to a tweet from Darren Wolfson of 1500 ESPN. MLBTR's Steve Adams has been one notable advocate of such a move for Minnesota.
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Simon Due Kamronn joins the lab as a PhD student in the Cognitive Systems Section at DTU Compute under my supervision and co-supervised by Lars Kai Hansen. Simon will work on 24/7 monitoring of physical activity and energy expenditure in everyday life activities using smartphones and wearable sensors. The project is part of an ongoing research project in collaboration with University of Copenhagen in part funded by TrygFonden. The working title of the PhD project is Monitoring and Modeling of Behavioural Changes using Smartphone and Wearable Sensing. Welcome, Simon!
Personal Informatics at UbiComp2014
At the 2014 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp 2014) we had the 5th international workshop on Personal Informatics.
This year the workshop was framed as the "Disasters in Personal Informatics: The Unpublished Stories of Failure and Lessons Learned". The idea was to stimulate a discussion on the challenges involved in conducting research in personal informatics. Nine interesting papers were discussed in three themes as part of the workshop program: Personal Informatics in Life, Data Collection and Quality, and Engagement in Longitudinal Studies.
My PhD student Andrea Cuttone and I presented our work: "The Long Tail Issue in Large Scale Deployment of Personal Informatics" discussing issues in carrying out Personal Informatics research as part of our large-scale SensibleDTU study.
Arek Stopczynski defended his PhD thesis
Today my PhD student Arek Stopczynski successfully defended his PhD thesis 'Mobile Phones as Cognitive Systems'. Congratulations, Arek!
More festival apps – Roskilde Festival 2014
Like previous years current and former DTU Compute students have created mobile apps for Roskilde Festival as part of the partnership between DTU and Roskilde Festival and our research activities. The apps this year include:
Roskilde Explorer
The app lets you know, what the festival has to offer right here, right now.
Roskilde Festival Music Suggest
The app has been the Official Roskilde Labs app contest winner in 2013 and 2014. It help guests at Roskilde Festival explore artists playing at the festival and provide suggestions based on sources including Facebook, iTunes, and last.fm.
Roskilde Decibel 2014
The app allows you to visualize and track how much noise you are exposed to. You can get immediate measurement of the current sound level in decibel and noise levels directly on the Roskilde map. You can get achievements too by measuring sound levels around Roskilde's stages or at specific times of the day.
ESOF 2014 – Science in the City
This week we are showcasing our research in Quantified Self and Network Science at the EuroScience Open Forum 2014 (ESOF) Science in the City festival. Our tagline is: Which factors motivate you to take more steps?
With smartphones and new wearable devices it is possible to measure many different aspects of our lives, including exercising, sleep and mood. But the question is if this technology can change our habits?
Our team from DTU Compute uses Science in the City as the foundation for a scientific study – and we use the official SciCity app to do this. We have included a step counter feature in the app and use the app to study the factors that motivate to take more steps. Our study is based on the two exciting scientific fields: Quantified Self and Network Science.
Quantified Self addressing how self-monitoring (for instance apps on smartphones or wearable gadgets) influence our self-perception and Network Science studying the mathematics that describes structure and dynamics in our social networks. Via family, friends, and colleagues, we're connected to a global social network. In many ways, our social networks show who we are. And our research shows that this information reveals which fundamental values and interests characterize us. We use information about the connections on, e.g. Facebook to explore which factors motivate the user to take more steps.
TV2 Go'aften Danmark on Quantified Self
I appeared on the TV2 "Go' aften Danmark" show tonight (May 12) to discuss the phenomenon quantified self (in Danish: selvmåling) and also the potential for our future health care system. The hosts were really good sports, as they had themselves been self-tracking steps, weight, body fat, activity, and mood for about a week.
The show is available on the TV2 Play website (subscription required) starting out with a general discussion of quantified self and self-tracking and in the end of the show we discuss the future potential of self-tracking.
QS Europe Conference 2014
This weekend (May 9-11) I attended the Quantified Self Europe Conference 2014 in Amsterdam. Yet again a very packed conference program with lot's of interesting presentations, show&tell, breakout sessions, and as usual 10 different things going on at the same time.
I presented our poster on Visualizing QS Data Using Time Spirals (PDF), which got a lot of attention from the conference participants. The poster was co-authored with my PhD student Andrea Cuttone, and collegue Associate Professor Sune Lehmann.
In addition I led a breakout session on "Strategies for Managing Personal Data", which led into an interesting discussion of strategies, tools, and the common struggle experienced by multiple participants that personal data management is still a largely complex process.
Visit by the Prime Minister
Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt and the Minister for Economic Affairs and the Interior, Margrethe Vestager, paid a visit to DTU on May 5.
Head of our Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science (DTU Compute), Helle Rootzén, discussed the potential of Big Data and our Smartphone Brain Scanner was showcased as an example.
World of Health IT
I got invited to give a talk on my research in quantified self as part of the World of Health IT Conference at the mHealth Symposium.
Interestingly the conversation recently have moved more towards discussing the potential of self-tracking in healthcare. And sure enough the conversation during the Q&A session was primarily focused on the potential and the consequences for the healthcare system (and patient) in the future. Some addressed this as a question of power and who has the upper hand (doctors and the system losing power), but I believe it's not productive for the conversation to see it that way. Of course the stakeholders will eventually need to change their roles, but improved tools will be beneficial for all stakeholders. The conversation continues…
data:cph meetup at DTU Compute
I was happy to be hosting the second meetup in the recently started data:cph meetup group on Data Science and Machine Learning in Copenhagen.
A great meetup that we hosted at DTU Compute with 100+ participants, and where we contributed with an overview of some of the activities related to "big data" at DTU Compute.
Quantified Self Global Conference 2013 in San Francisco
This week I'm attending the Quantified Self Global Conference 2013 in San Francisco.
Quantified Self, Personal Informatics, and Life Logging has gained increased attention among scientists and researchers. So at the conference I will be leading a breakout session on QS Research, where we will discuss challenges, opportunities, and future directions in this research domain.
Per Bækgaard new PhD student
Per Bækgaard joins the lab as a new PhD student in the Cognitive Systems Section at DTU Compute under my supervision and co-supervised by Michael Kai Petersen. Per will work on the Eye Tracking for Mobile Devices project. The working title of the PhD project is Enhancing User Experience on Next Generation Mobile Devices by Combining Eye Tracking with Biometric Data. Welcome, Per!
Andrea Cuttone new PhD student
Andrea Cuttone joins the lab as a new PhD student in the Cognitive Systems Section at DTU Compute under my supervision and co-supervised by Sune Lehmann. Andrea will work in part on the Sensible DTU project and use that as an experimental platform for his PhD project. The working title of the PhD project is Data mining and visualization tools for human behavior data. Welcome, Andrea!
TEDx Talk: Human Data for Life
My TEDx talk entitled Human Data for Life from the recent TEDxCopenhagenSalon event is available.
Over the last couple of years self-tracking has gained increased interest with the availability of smartphones and low-cost wearable sensors. The increasing quantities of data that we can capture about human behavior and interactions are key to future improvements in health and well-being.
Crowds, Bluetooth and Rock'n'Roll: Understanding Music Festival Participant Behavior
Our paper on Crowds, Bluetooth and Rock'n'Roll: Understanding Music Festival Participant Behavior is available in arXiv. At a large music festival (8 days and 130,000+ participants) we applied Bluetooth sensing to discover Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones carried by the participants, which enabled us to observe patterns of behavior in terms of participant mobility and offline social interaction. An overall summary of the mobility data collected during the 8 day festival is shown below.
A nice popular summary of the article was made by MIT Technology Review in Music Festivals, Bluetooth Monitoring and the Behavior of Crowds.
Gyldendal Book Launch Event
I got invited to give a talk at Gyldendal as part of a book launch event for the book "Det man måler er man selv" about the self-tracking phenomenon. The author is Anders Høeg Nissen.
In my talk I discussed some of the perspectives on self-tracking and quantified self and used our smartphone brain scanner as an example of how we can measure our brains.
The picture is courtesy of Thomas Harborg.
TEDxCopenhagen talk: Human Data for Life
On May 17th I was invited to give a TED talk as part of a TEDxCopenhagen Salon Event focusing on technology organized by TEDxCopenhagen and The Danish Society of Engineers (IDA).
The theme of the event was "Breaking Currents" and the ambiguous wording of the theme inspired me to the ambiguous title of my talk: Human Data for Life.
Videos from the event should be posted within a couple of weeks.
Smartphone Brain Scanner showcase at DTU Compute Inauguration
The Smartphone Brain Scanner project was a showcase at the DTU Compute Inauguration on May 17th.
Quantified Self Conference 2013 in Amsterdam
As part of my participation in the fourth Quantified Self Conference I chaired a breakout session on QS Research where I motivated the discussion by presenting some of our ongoing research, including the Smartphone Brain Scanner and the Sensible DTU project. There is a growing interest and increasing number of researchers and scholars participate in the QS conferences, which was apparent from our breakout room being completely full.
App for the DTU Annual Party
A group of my students from my Mobile Application Prototyping class (spring semester course 02827) has developed an Android app for the DTU Annual Party, which allow the participants at the party to navigate through all the events and see where and when the events are and set alarms.
The app is available for download in Google Play. Congratulations on the nice work to Adrian Alan Pol, Albert Fernández de la Peña, and Javier Calvo Torres.


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