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Albany Med Announces Center-Wide Hands-Only CPR Initiative
June 3, 2014 - Albany , NY
ALBANY, N.Y., June 3, 2014 ‹ Albany Medical Center announced today an ambitious program to provide Hands-Only CPR training to its 8,000 employees.
The program, called "Lend Me Your Hands at Albany Med," is part of National CPR Awareness Week from June 1-7.
"Sudden cardiac arrest is the leading cause of death in the United States, claiming nearly 400,000 lives annually. But studies show that immediate, effective CPR can more than double a victim's chance of survival," said Vincent Verdile, M.D., '84, dean of Albany Medical College and executive vice president for health affairs, who initiated the Center-wide program. "While our clinical staff is trained in CPR, we want our entire Albany Med team to know how to save lives too. Hands-Only CPR is so simple but has dramatic, life-saving results."
All employees, both clinical and non-clinical, will view the American Heart Association Hands-Only CPR instructional video and be tested on their knowledge of it as part of their annual education requirements; the video will be posted permanently on the Albany Med intranet and website. Also, all new employees will be trained in Hands-Only CPR as part of their new employee orientation; special instructional cards will be available for employees to attach to their identification badges; and training with Albany Med CPR experts will be conducted regularly throughout the year for those interested. In addition, Albany Med will offer American Heart Association-approved courses to those who are interested in learning the more advanced techniques.
"As a the region's leading provider of cardiac care services, Albany Med is not only committed to providing exceptional care to our patients, but also to our entire community." said Michael Dailey, M.D., director of pre-hospital emergency care at Albany Med. "By equipping all of our employees with Hands-Only CPR skills, we increase the number of people capable of saving a life in an emergency situation regardless of where that emergency might happen."
Albany Med, through its Center for Learning and Development, annually trains nearly 1,000 individuals associated with scores of community organizations in both Hands-Only CPR and more advanced techniques.
"I was at work at Albany Med when I had a sudden cardiac arrest," said Jim Wasmund, a former Albany Med Information Services specialist. "I had no chance of recovery if someone didn't do CPR. I thank God someone did."
That someone was Chris Burnett, an Albany Med Information Systems senior support specialist. He first learned CPR in high school. That knowledge allowed him to save Jim's life.
"I noticed he wasn't breathing," Burnett said, remembering he immediately started CPR and continued until a doctor arrived.
"I feel I did what anyone would do put into that situation," Burnett said, adding that everyone should know CPR. "You don't want to be in a position where CPR is needed and not be able to perform. It can literally save a life."
Darlene Hathaway, an Albany Medical Center obstetrics nurse, was at the scene of an automobile accident when she provided live-saving CPR.
"A 73-year-old woman was involved in a car crash," Hathaway said. "She'd have been gone if she didn't get CPR. I felt like I had to help her. I sure would want someone to do that for me."
"We applaud Albany Medical Center for making sure that all of its staff is trained in this lifesaving skill," said Dan Moran, president of Next-Act and chair of the American Heart Association's New York State Advocacy Committee.
As part of the "Hands-Only CPR at Albany Med" program, Albany Med's emergency medical experts will be available at the Medical Center's Choices Café throughout National CPR Awareness Week to teach Hands-Only CPR:
* June 3-7 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
* June 3-5 from 4-8 p.m.
Specially designed CPR mannequins will be available for training. In addition, training for employees who work off the main campus will be available as will special in-department training sessions.
The video for self-instruction and additional information on advanced-level CPR training courses for non-clinical employees through Albany Med's Center for Learning and Development can be found at www.amc.edu/LendMeYourHands.
Albany Medical Center, northeastern New York's only academic health sciences center, is one of the largest private employers in the Capital Region. It incorporates the 734-bed Albany Medical Center Hospital, which offers the widest range of medical and surgical services in the region, and the Albany Medical College, which trains the next generation of doctors, scientists and other healthcare professionals, and also includes a biomedical research enterprise and the region's largest physicians practice with more than 400 doctors. Albany Medical Center works with dozens of community partners to improve the region's health and quality of life. For more information: www.amc.edu or www.facebook.com/albanymedicalcenter.
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Accountancy should be known to almost everybody because you come across in your life many times. Everybody should know the method of maintaining financial records. Accounting includes two rules that are main i.e. 'debit' and credit.
Knowledge of accounts
Accountancy is basically a subject studied by the commerce students and later on they seek for a career in accounts. But accounts is applicable in our daily lives and almost everybody should have the basic knowledge of accounts. A businessman who maintains his daily accounts should have knowledge of accounting although he has studied different subjects. A graduate in the field of science, arts or any other allied course may enter into an accounting field in the later stage of life. Many banking sectors like ICICI, or nationalized banks accept any kind of graduates for their position. These candidates should gain at least basic knowledge of accounting.
Basics of accounting
Accounting is an interesting subject that everybody loves to learn. Before learning the basics of accounts, one should be familiar with the terms 'book keeping' and 'accountancy'.
Book keeping is a process of maintaining daily transactions that occur in a day. A bookkeeper maintains different types of books for finalization of accounts. The books include cash book, sales register, purchase register, journal register, ledger and other books as per the income tax rules. These books are used to maintain the routine transactions that take place in business.
Accounts are the statements that include the summary of all the transactions that take place during the assessment year. They include Profit & Loss statement, Balance Sheet and other charts such as depreciation etc.
There are some basic rules of debit and credit for bookkeeping. These basic concepts help you to maintain your daily accounts in a systematic and accurate way. Any beginner in the field of accounts should remember that there are three types of accounts and they are 1. Personal 2. Real 3. Nominal. The rules of debit and credit apply according to the type of account. Always remember that account is a process where two accounts are affected in a transaction which may be personal, real and nominal. In a transaction the effect is always dual.
Personal Accounts
Personal accounts are the accounts that include the account of a particular person. For eg. If X sells goods to Y then if you want to maintain books of X, Y becomes the receiver and sales that is made by X is considered for bookkeeping. In a personal account the rule of debit and credit is affected in this way.
'Credit' means the 'giver' and 'debit' means the 'receiver'. For the above mentioned example two accounts that are affected in the books of X are Y account and sales account.
Y becomes the receiver and hence his account should be 'debited' and sales should be 'credited. Why should sales be credited ? We will study this in the example mentioned below.
Real Accounts
Real accounts include assets such as goods, furniture, equipments etc,. The rule for 'real ' account applies in this way. 'Debit' means 'anything that comes in' and 'credit' means 'anything that goes out. In the above-mentioned example, sales account is credit because 'the goods' which are assets go out of the firm.
Nominal Accounts
Nominal accounts include fictitious accounts or intangible transactions that include profit or loss. It includes any gains or income to the business such as dividends, interests on banks, commission etc to the firm and losses or expenditures such as penalty payment, water charges, stationary, etc. For eg. If salary is paid to X by Y, the entry that is passed would be ' Salary account'…..Debit and Cash account is 'Credit' because cash which is the asset goes out of the business. Salary is the 'nominal account' here.
The entries that are passed by the bookkeeper are known as 'journal entries'. A journal entry gives an idea about the two accounts 'debit' and 'credit' that are affected. Example for a journal entry
'X' purchases goods from 'Y company Ltd', Then if you want to maintain accounts in the books of X, the entry that is passed would be
Purchase a/c …..Dr.
To Y company Ltd
The reason for the journal entry is as follows:
In the books of X, purchase is made on credit basis and so purchase a/c is affected and since purchase is a kind of expenditure it is a debit account. 'Y company LTd is the 'giver' on credit basis and so according to the rule of personal account it is 'credit'
Account statements for the year ending
When the year ends on the 31st December or 31st March every year, all the books that are maintained by the bookkeeper and all the transactions that are recorded are summarized and at the end of the year the total profit or loss is determined by preparing a statement known as 'Profit and Loss' A/c. When the profit and loss a/c is prepared only the daily transactions are recorded. To acknowledge the capital assets such as machinery or furniture that is purchased and to record all the liabilities that are payable and accounts that are receivable a statement known as 'balance sheet' is prepared.
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My in-laws make fun of my pregnant body. What should I do?
The last time my in-laws came over to visit, my father-in-law couldn't stop laughing when I stepped outside to the pool in my maternity bathing suit. Then my mother-in-law got her camera and said, 'I was told to get blackmail pictures.' At the time I was 30 weeks pregnant and had only gained 19 pounds. My husband doesn't understand why I'm hurt and insulted. I'd like his support, but he thinks I have nothing to be upset about. What should I do?
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as heather, the comment before me, says, I am truely amazed at how insensitive people are, expessially when they go through it themselves. My best friend is going through the same thing with her in laws. She was 130 pre pregnancy, and then had her first, 2 months later she found she was having # 2. Now she is 1 week from being due at 250 lbs! she had no time to loose any wieght whatsoever. Her inlaws are 300+ lbs. (not preggo) and have the nerve at saying things like "are you having a cow in there?" "you have really gained alot since the last time I saw you" & my least fav. "whats going on fatty?" They say this right infront of her husband! (his parents) and he is scrawnier than heck. I know you can't help the way you feel, and you just want to scream, 'I AM PREGNANT NOT FAT!' If you get any comments, just say something like the blackmail comment, say "who are you blackmailing? the baby?" They get upset when you make a comment like that, but people have to realize, they are asking for it when they make a comment like that, or worse. They need a slap in the face with reality, that they can not continue going around making comments like that, so don't feel bad letting them know how it is. {remember, you are prone to mood swings } :D :) lolposted 07/13/2006 by a BabyCenter Member
Well its truely sad your in laws dont see this as a beautiful thing you are doing for their son and them. Be proud of yourself and strut your stuff you have nothing to worry about. Pregnancy and getting a stomach is part of it. My best advice is too simply smile and say least I know the baby is growing healthy. Or you could just tell them that their coments hurt your feelings and they need to be more sensitive to you and your babies needs. If they dont like to look at you dont swim with them.posted 07/04/2006 by peanutclayton
I think if it was 3 yrs ago ? I would had comments similar to many of the others about ?looking on the bright side?, ?being nice?, but in retrospect ? this is just the beginning. People who are insensitive and make inappropriate comments during your pregnancy are probably going to have all sorts of rude comments to say afterwards too. My experience with my MIL wasn?t rude comments about my pregnancy size but about pretty much everything I did ? working, what I was eating, how much I was eating. And its continued with critical comments about how and what I feed my daughter, things I buy her and or/more commonly won?t buy her, her cloths, and the list goes on. (This is the woman who will buy my 2 yr old something that says ages 6 and up and who fed my daughter canned pears, grapes (not cut in half) and breath mints for breakfast). So now I would say ? look at this person and decide if this really can be seen as a ?one time? mistake in judgement. If its not ? if this is just one more example of where they step over the line ? start making that line clear. It may be good to start with humor instead of putting on the fighting gloves right from the start. Try ?Wow ? you really are making sure there won?t be any more grandchildren ? aren?t you?? Or if you like sarcasm ? ?At least I can hope that my figure issues are temporary.? After the baby is born ? make time for you. Get back in shape. Many gyms have childcare rooms (many won?t allow babies till 6mo). You can get videos for at home. Looking good, feeling good, and being happy is often the best revenge and the best defense.posted 04/18/2006 by a BabyCenter Member
You?ll have very little luck changing your in-laws. They are happy that you are growing their grandchild, and they want to laugh. You will come off as petulant and ?hormonal? if you react, so try to ignore it or to reinterpret the comments. After all, they are saying a lot more about themselves than they are about you. However, your husband is another matter. For him, there could be some value in working on him. It doesn?t matter whether or not he agrees with your response, he should be supportive regardless. Tell him exactly what you want from him. (i.e. Don?t try to convince me I?m wrong, just pat my hand and commiserate.) Men are often so clueless about just what their women want, but if you spell it out, they will often do their best to meet your needs.posted 11/08/2005 by PreggerPod
Oh, I know how you feel. I don't even stand 5 feet tall and this time around I'm just as big as I was before. Funny thing is I have not gained as much weight as before. I'm 25 weeks and I've gained 17 pounds give or take, but people say to me so, "not that much longer, huh?" I'm like yup I still have about 4 months to go. I can't help I look the way that I do and I destroy all the pictures I can when my hubby takes them. I keep a journal of my ups and downs. I love being pregnant, but I don't like how I look not even this time being my 3rd time. I think people are just insensitive. To be honest only a few people have said you look good. I feel good and like someone else said. Hey, you're healthy and in your belly is your beautiful baby. I remind myself all the time that's where my baby is and that's what matters most. I did finally have the last straw with my last child and I had to tell someone that I know how I look and I did not appreciate the comments that came off so rude. After that no one said stuff to me again. Be encouraged that being pregnant is beautiful and so are you. You'll be a mom soon and that's the best thing that comes out of carrying the baby. Take care.posted 11/02/2005 by a BabyCenter Member
I think that it's incredibly insensitive to say anything but nice things to a pregnant person! Even if they are joking, this is a vulerable time in out lives! I think if your husband doesn't stick up for you, he's got problems. HE needs to be your white knight! If he really won't sick up for you, then politely say that your feelings are hurt when they make fun of your size. Even if they say, "well we were just joking, you look great!" Say, "well, for the future, I would hope you don't joke that way to me, because it makes me self concious." Anyway, this may make you feel better. I'm on my second pregnancy and with the first one I gain 42 lbs all together. I didn't think I looked that bad. Well, I took all the weight off and an extra 10 lbs, so this time, I wasn't really worries. By 28 weeks I'd already gained 31 lbs! The doctor told me to watch it a little and I have. (just one lb a week now :)) So, you're doing great! Anyway, my boss came up to me right after I'd had that doctor appt and said,"wow, that's a good color on you. You don't even look pregnant, you just look fat." Well, thankfully, all the women I work with jumped on him and told him that was NOT a compliment! He didn't mean it how it came out, but still, it's not what I needed to hear at the time. Maybe your inlaws just don't realize that they are hurting your feelings. They may feel that joking with you shows how comfortable they feel with you. Just let them know how you're feeling and hopefully they'll come around! Best wishes with your bundle of joy!posted 10/26/2005 by mommameggie
L.B. I'd be upset too (with you husband & your in-laws). These are very sensitive times, your husband needs to know that. I'm only at 24 weeks and have gained 33 lbs. sofar.I was not overweight beforehand & I don't eat everything in site, yet when my husband sees me snacking after dinner he will start in on the weight comments. I've learned to brush it off, I have lots of time left & know that I'll be gaining more weight. I am surprised w/ comments total strangers make though. I get comments from people at work, at restaurants, & even the grocery store. I started showing at 10 weeks and even the nurses I saw at the clinic told me that I was a lot further along than I thought b/c of my weight gain. At one of my appts. the nurse asked me about my weight gain w/ my past pregnancies. I had gained over 50lbs w/ each child & was able to lose it all afterwards. The nurse than said "that since I was able to lose the weight in the past that she wasn't going to make a big issue about it and make me feel bad!" Some individuals no matter who there are (in-laws, other family members, or health care professionals) are rude & don't think about how their comments may make you feel. Just know that it will all be worth it in the end when you hold your newborn and let all the remarks roll off your back. Best of luck to you!posted 10/25/2005 by a BabyCenter Member
I have the opposite of your problem. When I got pregnant, I also became very sick for about the first 6 months. My sickness caused me to lose weight (20 lbs). The Doc monitored the baby with extra ultrasounds and bloodwork to make sure I did not become vitamin deficient. BUT, my mother in law made it seem that I was neglecting her grandchild. She even told people that when I was not around. When I was around people were staring at me and my weight loss. (Please keep in mind, I was not small to begin with, I was 185 lbs- It's not like I was 130 and lost to 110) Anyhow, I don't know what to say about your inlaws, but keep your head up. I am 38 weeks now, and it's almost over! Good Luck dear. I just wanted you to know that it can happen at the other end of the rainbow too. (BTW, best piece of advice my husband ever gave me is "you can never make EVERY person happy, someone will always complain about something. So why spend the energy trying, the only person who misses out on being happy is you"posted 10/25/2005 by mamacorinne2004
During pregnancy we tend to be a little on the sensitive side especially when it comes to our weight and looks. I don't think your in-laws mean any harm although it may bother you. I just think a lot of people don't know exactly what to say to us and sometimes we really wish they would not say anything at all. Sometimes they really do mean well and think that it is all fun and games. I just say charge it to their heads and not their hearts. I get so sick of people making comments like "Sure there is only one in there?" or making duck sounds when I walk. I used to let it hurt my feelings but I realized they don't mean any harm. All my mom talks about is how wide my hits have gotten but at the same time she will say that my hair is thick and beautiful. I know its hard but try not to let it get to you and try to have a little fun and make the best of the comments. And just think we are big now but it won't last and soon we will have something to show for it. I think the bigger we are the more healthier our babies will be and that's something to be proud of.posted 10/24/2005 by jaymike05
Hi L.B. the best way to deal with your in-laws' comments is not to show them any reaction. When they see that you are unaffected, their purpose will be defeated and they may stop their comments. I am going to visit my in-laws soon (in my sixth month) and I am preparing myself to stay calm.posted 10/24/2005 by a BabyCenter Member
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Winter, the only child of Sheltay Retrac, was raised as a sister and companion to Princess Leia Organa during the dark years of the Galactic Empire. Like her adopted sister, Winter became a pivotal player in the Galactic Civil War, serving in various roles but most notably as a spy. As an operative of Alliance Intelligence, she served the Rebel Alliance and later the New Republic admirably. Her photographic memory gave her a special advantage in piecing together confusing situations or even simply computing data. She was often attached to Rogue Squadron as an intelligence officer, though sometimes under false identities.
Winter also served a vital role as Leia Organa's best friend, aide and confidante. She had special relationships with Leia's children Jaina, Jacen, and Anakin Solo, who she raised during their first years of life. She had a long romance with Tycho Celchu, from whom she was often separated by war, but the couple would eventually marry. She was also known to be a close personal friend of Admiral Ackbar.
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Winter was the only child of Sheltay Retrac, a senator at the time of the Clone Wars, and an unknown Alderaanian artist (possibly Ob Khaddar). Her parents both died when Winter was still young.
She was adopted by Bail and Breha Organa, and was Princess Leia's best friend and companion. The two grew up together on the peaceful planet of Alderaan and attended the best schools, learning about art and history. Possessed of a natural grace and poise, she was often mistaken for Princess Leia by visitors to Alderaan's court. Though the resemblance was tempered by Winter's stunning white hair, the two friends would later employ their similar looks for tactical advantage. Winter and Leia were both schooled in Alderaanian ideals of freedom and liberty, and were early members of the Alliance to Restore the Republic.
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When the Rebellion began, Winter was heavily involved with many of the operations, partly because she was unassuming and non-threatening but mainly because of her photographic memory. She participated in several Rebel undercover missions with various code names such as Targeter and Windmere Wellen. In 3 BBY Winter participated in a Rebel alliance meeting on Cloud City organized by Bria Tharen. Winter represented Alderaan alongside Hric Dalhney and a Caamasi named Ylenic It'kla.
In the early period after the Battle of Endor, Winter continued to serve as a rebel agent under the name "Targeter" and several times co-operated with Rogue Squadron. She participated in missions including the Tatooine affair and the squadron's rescue of Imperial defector Sate Pestage. It was on these missions that sparks first flew between Winter and Rogue Squadron pilot Tycho Celchu.
Later, after Rogue Squadron re-formed, she was instrumental in the New Republic capture of Coruscant; she and Iella Wessiri initially infiltrated the planet and set the stage for the Rogue Squadron commando team to arrive. During this period Winter used the pseudonym "Rima Borealis" as well as her standard "Targeter." She served as a contact Corran Horn and Erisi Dlarit, while Iella worked with Wedge Antilles and Pash Cracken. While leading Corran and Erisi on reconnaissance missions (disguised as tourists), Winter inquired about Tycho. Corran Horn, unsure if Tycho might be an agent of Ysanne Isard, picked a fight with Winter about Tycho's tragedy. Winter, however, won the argument when she fully revealed Tycho's personal history, leaving Corran chagrined. Corran and Winter soon reconciled, however.
While working on Coruscant, Winter's slicing skills came in handy when breaking into the planet's Imperial computers to deactivate the planetary shields. Working with Wedge Antilles, her quick-thinking and speed on a datapad helped to coordinate the Rogue Squadron pilots in their fight to take the planet.
During this period, Winter piloted a freighter that was perfectly designed for her profession as a spy. Though it had no consistent name, it possessed such technological innovations as a surveillance equipment, slicer droids, powerful deflector shields, and Aurum thrusters for speed.
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Eventually, Winter became the caretaker of Leia Organa Solo's three children, the twins Jacen and Jaina, and their younger brother Anakin. For the first two or three years of their lives, all three children were kept safe on the secret planetoid of Anoth to protect them from enemies such as the Empire. Winter was one of the few people who knew Anoth's actual location, and she served as the primary caregiver of the children until they returned to live on Coruscant.
In 11 ABY, once Jacen and Jaina had left to live with Leia and Han, Winter and baby Anakin came under attack on the secret planet of Anoth. Anoth's location had been betrayed by the brainwashed Terpfen to the Imperial Ambassador Furgan. After deploying her station's FIDO against an attack by Furgan's fearsome MT-ATs, Winter fought bravely, hoping to lead the stormtroopers away from Anakin. Through her ruse, she was able to draw some troops into a trap, leaving them vulnerable to assassin droids. Then, in the nick of time, Leia and Ackbar arrived on-planet to provide assistance and rescue Anakin. However, in years to come, Winter's role in the Battle of Anoth would be remembered as decisive.
Following these events, all the Solo children returned to Coruscant to live with their parents, since Anoth was no longer safely hidden. The children found it difficult at first to adjust being raised by someone other than Winter.
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Throughout the years and the missions, Winter became involved in a relationship with fellow Alderaanian, Tycho Celchu of Rogue Squadron, whom she eventually married.
In her later years, Winter had taken to aiding former New Republic Admiral Ackbar in his pursuit to bring safety and recovery to the aquatic world of Mon Calamari. Ackbar had long been a special friend of Winter's, from at least the time the two were privy to the secret location of Anoth.
Winter's perfect memory made her a useful spy for the New Republic during the Galactic Civil War. Eventually, however, this ability would cause her some emotional difficulty, as she remembered every experience, even the most painful, in complete detail.
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Just playing with even numbers, say you're riding at 20 mph and there is a 10 mph wind at your 3:00. The felt wind will be 22.3 mph coming from your 1:00. Keeping numbers round, instead of having to bore a hole in the air at 30 feet per second, the hole is bored at 33.5 feet per second. Considering that the energy cost of moving air out of the way increases as to the square of your velocity, the side wind cost you 25% more effort to maintain speed. Things get worse rapidly as the wind shifts to your front but the wind probably has to be from 4:00 or further back before it doesn't cost you.
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The bulk of my recent posts have criticized Baseball Prospectus' PECOTA projections for the 2010 season. In short, I don't agree. But, to paraphrase my sister, anyone can hate but it takes a real (stupid?) man to put it on the line. So, I'm putting my money where my mouth is and putting my personal projections for the 2010 Yankees on your screen.
Except, I'm stopping short of making precise predictions. I won't actually give exact number estimates of where I think a player will perform. Hence the title of this post, which took me a while to settle on.
There are many risks to making exact projections for anything, let alone baseball. Two come to mind quickly. First, it's pointless. If I say Derek Jeter will hit .325 and he hits .315 odds are come this November I'll brag that I nailed the projection, which brings me to the second risk. I would be correct in my assertion that because projections are never precise they are actually based on ranges. Statistics produce these ranges by design. PECOTA itself uses them. On the subscription portion of its site BP posts a full range of performance projections for a player and the corresponding probability they'll put up that level of performance.
I'm taking a low-tech approach to these numerically informed opinions on what to expect from the 2010 Yankees. Three things are used to make these projections: 1) A player's career performance, which is the best set of data anyone has to project a player's future performance. 2) A player's performance in the most recent season, which is the best indicator of whether a player is trending up or down. 3) Gut, which isn't so dangerous if numbers 1 and 2 are given the weight they deserve.
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Rumors of Jorge's demise have been greatly exaggerated over the years. Is he old? You bet he is. Does he play a physically demanding position? Not well, but yes, technically he does play that position badly 130 games a year or so. Has he shown any signs of slowing down? No, he hasn't.
Jorge has posted the following OPS+'s in 2007 and 2009, his last full seasons: 153 and 133. Jorge did come down to Earth in 2008, but he was injured, played in only 51 games and still managed a .340 wOBA. Someday, perhaps soon, Jorge won't be able to catch for the Yankees, but next season is not the year. Posada has shown no reason to believe he is due for a precipitous drop off in 2010.
I expect Jorge to post plus or minus 5% of the following line in 2010: .277/.363/.480. This is a conservative projection. Those are his career batting average and slugging (each of which is lower than what he produced in 2009) and his 2009 OBP, which is lower than his career OBP.
Tex is going to have a monster year. Much has been made of the monster year Mark had in 2009. That's usually what happens when you lead the league in home runs (sorry, Carlos) and RBI. But a funny thing happened on the way to 39 bombs and 122 runners knocked in: Tex had his worst season since 2006.
A lot of this is splitting hairs. Tex has posted the following wOBAs in 2007, 2008 and 2009, respectively: .406, .410, .402. I'll take any one of those seasons, and his drop off in '09 is statistical noise at worst. But it happened. Tex exceeded all expectations in 2009 but still posted his lowest BA, OBP and slugging of his last three seasons.
Based on that information I'm willing to suggest that Mark will improve on the .292/.383/.565 he posted in 2009. I'll stop short of trying to estimate the exact performance level, but I do believe he'll approach a .300 BA and a .400 OBP. He'll have a year in the Bronx under his belt, an entire season of A-Rod batting behind him and the pressure of winning a World Series lifted from his shoulders. If that's not worth 17 OBP points then what is?
I don't believe Robbie will be as good in 2010 as he was in 2009. These are his seasonal wOBAs, in order: .337, .377, .358, .307 (yuck), .370.
Until 2009, Cano had gotten progressively worse each season since 2006, when he hit .342. I like Robinson, but I can't argue for the use of statistical trends when I feel a player on the Yankees is being sold short and then turn around and ignore those same arguments myself when they suggest a player on the Yankees will decline.
Here's what we know about Robbie: He has the sweetest swing on the bombers. He does not like playing in the cold and is possibly the slowest starter in baseball. He turns it on every year in the second half. His aggregate splits pre- and post-All Star break from '07-'09 are .276/.314/.426 and .329/.367/.534. Its like he's two different players, and only one of them is any good.
Until Robbie proves that he won't have a slow start to the season we have to assume he will. So long as he does have such volatility during the season he hurts his value and makes it difficult to project his performance. I'm comfortable arguing that he'll post somewhere between his career line of .306/.339/.480 and 5% below it, which is still excellent. Anything better is gravy.
A-Rod's projections on other sites are all strong, but his injuries in '08 and '09 appear to influence them negatively. Prior to 2008 he had played in at least 148 games every season since 2000. He missed games in both '08 and '09 with leg injuries. Now that his hip is healed I'm willing to suggest that A-Rod will be back to his durable old self in 2010.
But I'm actually going to go one further and say that A-Rod will be superhuman again in 2010. The numbers suggest it. He seems to alternate bad (for him — bad for him) to amazing season by season with the Yankees. In '04 his wOBA was .385 and in '05 it was .438. In '06 it was .391 and in '07 it was .449. If the trend had continued A-Rod would have competed for the MVP in '09, except he got hurt (and was still impressive). Over a full season in 2010 I believe he'll compete with Mauer for the MVP.
Numbers aren't the only reason I believe this. From watching A-Rod play I've come to believe that he DOES respond poorly to pressure. His 500th homer is an excellent example. The only time he went into a slump in '07 was when he was trying to get a hold of that one. Once it was in the rearview mirror he took off again.
The results are still amazing, but I do believe the pressure was diminishing his output. That pressure is gone. A-Rod has achieved the following:
1) He's proven he's clutch.
2) He's finally won the admiration of the New York fans (something he should have always had, but hey).
3) The steroids issue is out in the open and seemingly behind him.
4) He's dating A-listers and can hang with Jeter.
5) He won a ring.
Now that A-Rod doesn't have anything to worry about I'm predicting something along the lines of his 2005 campaign: 45+ homers, a ton of RBI, and a line around .315/.410/.625. You read it here first.
Derek is another player on the Yankees whose demise has been incorrectly forecast, again and again. BP, for example, projects Derek to post a .298/.373/.432 on its website (it has published something different in its book), which would be better than 2008, but among his worst seasons ever.
I know many people who feel that Derek is going to put on another clinic in 2010 because it's a contract year. I actually don't believe this. For another player, sure, but not Jeter. He's one of the few athletes who I genuinely believe is motivated every season by his legacy and championships. The money is a lesser way to keep score, and not something he needs.
With that in mind, I'll take his career line of .317/.388/.459. He is a year older and unlikely to repeat his stellar 2009, but other projections seem to completely ignore the fact that other than 2008 he has hit at least .309 each season since 2005 and was injured in 2008. He's showed no signs of slowing down when he's healthy and could easily put up numbers that are better than his career averages.
No 9th hitter has received more attention in the history of baseball. If this were any other team in any other situation everyone would shrug and move on. But it's the Yankees and Gardner is replacing Johnny Damon after Damon posted his best season in pinstripes.
No one knows what Gardner is going to do next season. He could hit .200. He could hit .300. This is his first full season as a starter. When Gardner did play last season he exceeded expectations, posting .270/.345/.379 and using his incredible speed to make up for his lack of power.
I happen to feel that Gardner will do just fine. For him, it's all about OBP. I predict a range of .325 on the low end to .365 if he really excels. Until there is more data I'm sticking with the broad range.
Here's one that BP gets right, although forecasting a comeback for Curtis Granderson in his first season in the Bronx is hardly going out on a limb. Here's what BP says in its book, according to RAB: .268/.351/.491 with 28 bombs. In his career he's averaged .272/.344/.484, so BP is doing something I hope they'd do more often: paying attention to what a player has done throughout his career.
Swisher has played five full seasons in MLB, and posted the following wOBAs, in order: .331, .368, .361, .325, .375. There are two ways to look at these data. One way is to argue that in two of the 5 seasons he hasn't been very good. A better way to look at the data would be to argue that since his first season he's been consistent, with the exception of 2008, when his BABIP fell from .301 to .249, before bouncing back to .272 last year.
Although Swisher may not hit 29 homers again, he still figures to be solid in 2010. I think he'll post something between his career line of .245/.351/.460 and his 2009 line of .249/.371/.498. Along with Nick Johnson he'll infuriate pitchers, driving up their counts, knocking one out on a regular basis, and always playing his heart out.
I'm far from the first prognosticator to say this, but the real question isn't whether or not Johnson will perform back in the Boogie Down but how long he will be able to perform. When he's healthy he's a perennial threat to post a .400 OBP. If he can get into at least 125 games I think we can expect his career line of .273/.402/.447, with more upside potential if he can adequately use the short porch in right. Hopefully the team keeps him healthy.
CC's season reminded me of Tex's. Was it great? You bet it was. Was it also his worst season in the past few years? Well, yeah. Since 2006, CC posted the following ERA+'s: 139, 141, 157, 127. I'll take any one of those four, but I'd still take them in an order and his 2009 127 ERA+ is my least favorite.
Here's why they got him:
throw up a steady diet of solid but not spectacular pitchers. Notice that I don't forecast any of the other starters to have an ERA below 4.00. But I also don't think anyone will have an ERA much higher than 4.50 either, which is more than enough to get this offense where it needs to go.


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Procedures for Estimating Demographic Data for TRIPCAL5
P.L. Ellis, G.B. Dresser
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September 1995
This manual was developed as part of a project funded by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to implement methods of improving transportation planning techniques and is based on research conducted in a previous project to examine methods of improving transportation planning techniques. Within these research projects, the need to develop a set of simplified procedures for developing the input data for travel demand forecasting that can be used by small area Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) was identified. Many MPOs under 200,000 in population do not have the staff or financial resources necessary to develop the variables using traditional models or methods.|A step-by-step process was developed to guide small MPOs in the development of the base year and forecast year population, employment, household and income data needed to run TRIPCAL5, the trip generation model used by TxDOT in preparing the travel demand forecasts. Data sources as well as a recommended growth allocation process are included.
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[Identification of item], Hemphill Family Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
The Hemphill Family Papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a gift in 1950-1981.
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The Hemphill family patriarch was Rev. John Hemphill (1761-1832), a native of Ireland. He migrated to Pennsylvania, and eventually went to Hopewell, South Carolina, as a minister in the Associates Reformed Presbyterian Church. He first married Jane Linn, daughter of his professor, the Rev. Matthew Linn, of Greencastle, Pennsylvania. They had six children: Jennette, Margaret, Eliza, Matthew, John and William Ramsey. Two years after the death of his wife in 1809, he married Mary, the widow of Dr. James Andrew Hemphill, no relation to John Hemphill. They had four children: a daughter who died in childbirth, David, James, and Robert Nixon. His son William Ramsey also became an A.R.P. minister.
William Ramsey and Hannah Lind Hemphill's second son was Robert Reid Hemphill, born on May 3, 1840 in the Calhoun Section of Abbeville County. He was born on his father's plantation, Lindo. Robert Reid edited the
Robert Reid Hemphill's brother, James Calvin Hemphill, was born in Due West, South Carolina, on May 18, 1850. He attended Erskine College, where he earned a A.B. (1870), A.M. (1872), and LL.D. (1909). James Calvin Hemphill married Rebecca M. True on November 19, 1878. Rebecca was the daughter of Rev. C.K. True of Flushing, L.I. James Calvin worked briefly as a teacher at Lowell, Kentucky, in 1870, but spent the majority of his career as a journalist. He was the editor of the South Carolina
There is additional genealogical information about the Hemphill family in an Information folder in the Rubenstein Library reading room.
The first several letters of this collection are largely those of the John Hemphill (1761-1832). There are several boxes of Associate Reformed Presbyterian sermons, and many of the earlier letters relate to affairs of that church in South Carolina, including many letters from other ministers of that faith to William Ramsey Hemphill. Three sermons and a pastoral letter of William Ramsey, as well as letters from N.M. Gordon, William W. Patton, Matthew Linn, Samuel Taggart, James Hemphill, and Robert C. Grier to him, concern the question of slavery. These letters are by other A.R.P. ministers and relatives.
Along with religious correspondence, there are letters discussing: naturalization laws in force in 1807; Aaron Burr's expedition; anti-Masonic meetings in Alabama in 1820; nullification sentiment in South Carolina in 1832 and anti-nullification sentiment in North Carolina as expressed in a letter from 1833; pro-slavery views; resignation of Thomas Cooper as president of South Carolina College; movement of slaves through Augusta, Georgia, in 1834-1835; expedition of 1836 against the Seminoles of Florida; affairs at South Carolina College; abolition petitions in Congress in 1836; attempts to link Charleston with Cincinnati by rail; presidential campaign of 1840; Catholic support of Temperance in Philadelphia in 1840, and other aspects of the Temperance movement; movement of John Hemphill to Texas in 1838 and his elevation to the supreme court of that state in 1840; African Colonization Society; John Hemphill's service with an expedition against the Mexicans in 1843; encounter with Sam Houston and his wife in 1845; sending of missionaries to Liberia; establishment of a mail steamship line from Charleston to Havana; Calhoun and Clay in 1849; Erskine College and Erskine Theological Seminary; Stockton, California, and vicinity in 1851, as described by Robert King Reid (he and John Y. Lind had gone to California from South Carolina. He was elected resident physician at the California state hospital, and Lind was elected to the California senate); American Colonization Society; presidential election of 1856; slavery controversy in Kansas and land prices there; abolition; secession; reception in the South of the speeches of Stephen Douglas and reception in the North of William L. Yancey's speeches; the Civil War; war activities of women in Chester, South Carolina in 1862; Henry S. Foote's opinion in 1862 of Bragg's campaign; battle of Chancellorsville; hardships at home; Copperheads; election of Jas. H. Hemphill in 1865 to the South Carolina constitutional convention and the work of that body; movement of James Hemphill's former slaves; bankruptcy of South Carolina in 1865 (James Hemphill was chairman of the finance committee of the senate of that state in 1865); difficulties of Robert Nixon Hemphill in getting freedmen to sign work contracts; hard times in Reconstruction; the Ku Klux Klan activities around Blackstock, South Carolina, in 1871; armed fight between Democrats and Republicans during an election in Kentucky in 1871; the Panic of 1873; Wade Hampton's administration as governor; organization of a militia company in South Carolina; politics of that state in the 1870s; and the state debt of South Carolina.
The papers following the 1870s are largely those of James Calvin Hemphill's career. The latter portion of the collection includes quite a number of letters from William Howard Taft and Daniel H. Chamberlain, both of whom were friends of J.C. Hemphill; from Mrs. Francis W. Dawson I; and from various members of the Hemphill family. There is also a considerable quantity of papers of Robert Reid Hemphill, second son of William Ramsey and Hannah Smith (Lind) Hemphill.
The significant subjects treated in the latter part of the collection are: South Carolina politics in the 1880s; presidential election of 1884; Benjamin R. Tillman and the attitude of Francis W. Dalton I, editor of the Charleston News and Courier before his death in 1888, as well as the attitude of others toward Tillman; the Charleston earthquake of 1886; Theodore Roosevelt; the murder of F.W. Dawson, Sr., in 1888; Hugh S. Thompson's opinion of Roosevelt and Charles Lyman, his fellow members in the Civil Service Commission; illness of Henry W. Grady in 1889; South Carolina politics in the 1890s; colonization of African Americans in Africa; presidential election of 1892; woman suffrage, as part of a bill introduced in the South Carolina senate by Robert Reid Hemphill in 1892; race of John Gary Evans in 1894; presidential campaign of 1896; the Dispensary Law; John L. McLaurin's race for the Senate in 1897; railroads (mentioned occasionally); Gridiron Club; presidential election of 1900; McKinley's "imperialistic policy"; Walter H. Page's opinion of Ellen Glasgow's novel; William McNeill Whistler; Edward W. Blyden's opposition to the miscegenation of black people; establishment of a naval station at Charleston; the South Carolina Inter-State and West Indian Exposition; the appointment of Dr. Crum, an African American, as collector at the port of Charleston; murder of N.G. Gonzales; Joseph Pulitzer's plan to establish a school of journalism at Columbia University; experiences of Robert G. Hemphill as a teacher in Monroe, Georgia; Grover Cleveland; the presidential election of 1904; M. Storey's opposition to Harvard's giving Henry Cabot Lodge an honorary LL.D.; Oswald Garrison Villard; the visit in 1904 by R.W. Gilder with Varina (Howell) Davis; the Ogden Movement; Ludwig Lewishon;
Other papers include invitations and calling cards; other miscellaneous printed material; several boxes of copies of editorials and speeches; and bills and receipts.
The volumes include: a journal (author unknown) of a trip to Europe in 1905; letterbooks running from 1887 to 1903; scrapbooks of newspaper clippings from 1887 to 1916. Several scrapbooks related to James Calvin Hemphill's involvement in the South Carolina Inter-State and West Indian Exposition, the bulk dating from 1901-1902.
See the John Lind Sermons and the Robert C.S. Lind Papers, both held by Duke's Rubenstein Library Library. John Lind was the brother of Jane Lind Hemphill and the father of Hannah Smith Lind Hemphill. Robert C.S. Lind was the son of John Lind and the brother of Hannah Smith Lind Hemphill.
See the Francis W. Dawson Family Papers, also held by Duke's Rubenstein Library Library.
There is additional genealogical information about the Hemphill family in an Information folder in the Rubenstein Library reading room.
Includes letters, printed materials, photographs, and clippings. Letters largely regard his architecture firm.
Of note is a letter (dated 1882) including a printed skyline of San Francisco in 1851; also diplomas and certificates for various Hemphill family members, from the mid-1800s to the early 1900s; and original artwork with a caricature of Hemphill.
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Africa unwinds the Western mind. Things that should work—clean water, jobs done on time, electricity, roads—don't. And the things that don't work in the West—family, time for friends, quiet evenings, healing of the deepest parts of the human soul— do.
I once read that Africa offers the West humanity. It's true. Even in all the evil of its terrible wars, there is no forgetting that even these proceedings are terribly, fundamentally human. There are no computer-assisted drone attacks in Africa. But it is in Africa, not in the West, where you'll be asked how you slept last night. It's in Africa where your neighbor will say his day is only so-so, just in case your day isn't going as well as his is. It's in Africa where a friend won't open your gift to her in front of of you, just in case she's not perfectly happy with the gift and you'd happen to spot a hint of disappointment in her face.
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WASHINGTON, S.C. -- The city of Barnwell, along with the Southern Carolina Regional Development Administration, will be receiving money to make critical water infrastructure improvements. These improvements will be made to support a new manufacturing firm that will be moving into the South Carolina Advanced Technology Park.
The park is near the Barnwell County gate to SRS.
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"The estate sale was terrific! You and your team brought the energy I didn't have to quickly, professionally and profitably empty my Mom's home in three days," said one of our clients, "Your group researched many items to determine their market value and had the expertise to set realistic prices."
We do our best to make all of our clients feel this way and maintain our reputation as Atlanta's premier estate sales company. We start by working with you to put a value on everything and then organize your assets into things you want to keep and things you want to sell. After this, we set up, advertise and price your estate sale. When it is time for the actual sale, you can help but it is not necessary that you be there at all. We are a group of professionals committed to the success of this sale and therefore you can trust us to run your sale as though it was our own.
As another testament to how committed we are to our clients, and how we are the best asset removal business in Marietta. We do not quit working for you until you are completely happy and satisfied with the job we have done.
Call the professionals for a free consultation: 404-884-5229