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Ramin Toloui, the co-head of Pimco's emerging markets portfolio management group, touted China's yuan and India's rupee at a Reuters FX summit, Bloomberg reported today.
Toloui, who helps manage the Pimco Global Advantage Strategy Bond Fund (PSAIX) and the Pimco Emerging Markets Bond (PAEMX), believes the rupee:
...is cheap considering its high yield and expectations of progress on domestic policy. The rupee, now around 54 per dollar, has been undermined by India's wide current account deficit and is down 18 percent since August 2011.
"The rupee has almost a 6 percent yield in the NDF (non-deliverable forwards) and it's a currency that has been beaten down quite severely in terms of valuation by the market," he said.
He also likes the China's yuan for its ultra-low volatility, despite a yield of just 2%, as well as Brazilian and Mexican bonds and currency.
He's not alone in his good feelings for Mexico. On Friday, Nomura's Benito Berber touted Mexico's peso for the country's strong growth, its reform agenda and the further boost it could get from Japanese investors seeking higher yields. He wrote:
The Japanese wave of ultra-lax monetary policy will continue to have an impact on Mexican asset prices. The MXN and the yield curve will move because of the increase in inflows...
We believe that in 2013 portfolio inflows will actually post another record level probably around US$90bn precisely due to Japanese investors' preference for Mexico. In addition, there is synthetic flow that might not be reflected in the capital account but will exert appreciative pressure on MXN. These two flows should bode well with our strong MXN call for year-end of below 12.00.
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Giants To Host Sandy Hook Elementary School Community Members At Sunday's Game
Excerpt: "The Giants will host members of the Sandy Hook Elementary School community Sunday when they play the Eagles, the team announced today.
The school in Newtown, Conn. was the site of the shooting that claimed 26 lives -- 20 first-graders and six adults – on Dec. 14.
Approximately 200 students will participate in pregame ceremonies and watch the game, the Giants announced. An equal number of parents and faculty members and 50 Wounded Warriors will accompany the students.
The contingent will travel to the stadium from Newtown Sunday morning via a caravan of nine chartered Academy buses.
"I spoke to the team this morning about that and what it really means to all of us is we were so taken back and so shocked and felt so badly for the families," Giants head coach Tom Coughlin said. "Not only the families of the children, but the families of the principal and the school psychologist, the real heroes who knew exactly what was coming and still charged and attacked and knew what the outcome would be.
"And it's Giant country and we know that."
Once on the field, the group from Sandy Hook and the Wounded Warriors will form two gauntlets – one for each tunnel connecting to the Giants and Eagles locker rooms. The teams will run through the gauntlets onto the field.
When the teams are on the field, the Sandy Hook residents, Wounded Warriors and players and coaches from both teams will circle the field for the national anthem and a moment of silence before the game.
"It means a great deal to us and we would certainly like to honor them and the best we can do is take each individual and play to the best of his ability and make a statement as a team as well," Coughlin said. "We're not alone in our passion and empathy for the school and for their lost loved ones. I'm sure
the entire country feels that way, but it's special for us to have them here this weekend." Read more...
Eagles Down Two Defensive Starters
Excerpt: "The Eagles will be without two defensive starters Sunday in their season finale against the Giants after defensive tackle Fletcher Cox and linebacker Mychal Kendricks were ruled out with concussions. Both are in Phase 2 of the concussion protocol.
Wide receiver Jeremy Maclin (knee) practiced Friday and is expected to play. He's listed as probable. Tight end Evan Moore (back spasms) is doubtful.The Eagles are trying to knock the Giants out of the playoffs with Michael Vick re-installed as the starting quarterback. Maclin said earlier in the week it would mean "a lot" to ruin the defending Super Bowl champions' season.
"One thing you don't have to worry about is NFC East games," Eagles coach Andy Reid said.
"Guys get fired up for those."It won't be easy to beat the Giants without Cox and Kendricks.
The Eagles first and second-round picks, respectively, in this year's draft have been mainstays on the defense this season. Cox has been the Eagles' best interior lineman. He's tied for the team lead with 5.5 sacks and fifth in total tackles with 65. Kendricks is third on the team with 81 tackles and second with eight stops for a loss." Read more...
Giants' Kenny Phillips Calls 2012 "A Long Frustrating Season"
Excerpt: "Kenny Phillips hopes to play this Sunday against the Eagles. But he also hoped to play against the Ravens, too.
Just like this week, the Giants safety practiced each day leading up to the Ravens game and was listed as questionable with a right knee that has been ailing him since Week 4. But Phillips was inactive for the game.
"I was shocked. I had a great week of practice. The coaches were telling me how well I was doing," Phillips said. "I guess it just came down to, I guess, a numbers game, I'm not sure. Once again, they made the decision, and I just have to deal with it."
A "numbers game" must not have sat well with the former first-round pick and starter.
"Yeah, I was pretty (ticked) off," Phillips said. "But at the end of the day, there's nothing I can do about it. I'll just come to work and practice and work hard and let them make a decision."
Coach Tom Coughlin explained earlier in the week the decision to sit Phillips was based on if they thought he could play at a high enough level, and also filling the necessary roles on special teams -- the numbers Phillips referred to. It was the latest example of what Phillips described as a "long, frustrating year," since he injured his knee against the Eagles in September.
"Going into your last year (of your contract), you want to go out there, make a big splash, and just play as well as you can," Phillips said. "Especially coming off the Super Bowl. You feel good about your chances of repeating, get hurt early and then... Like I said, it's been real frustrating. You're on the field, and you're off the field; you can play this week, you can't play this week. It's just been a long season, I'll put it like that." Read more...
Giants' Secondary Again Reeling With Injuries And Uncertainty Heading Into Season Finale
Eccerpt: "For Jayron Hosley, the exercise was as routine as it gets.
The rookie cornerback was running down the field at practice Thursday when he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his left quadriceps. He left practice and was held out of yesterday session. He was then listed as doubtful to play tomorrow against the Eagles.
And just like that, the Giants are in a predicament in the secondary for their regular-season finale.
Hosley, as he did last week against the Ravens, was supposed to fill in at cornerback opposite Corey Webster for the hindered Prince Amukamara, who is dealing with a hamstring injury.
Now, the Giants may need to turn to journeyman Justin Tryon and rookie Terrence Frederick. Tryon has struggled in his brief time at cornerback this season, and Frederick, who has spent most of his time with the Giants on the practice squad, has never taken a snap at cornerback in the NFL.
"I'm expecting to get some reps," said Frederick, a seventh-round pick whose only NFL game experience came on special teams against the Falcons. "If my number's called, I'm going to be ready to play."
Amukamara, also listed as doubtful, was limited at practice yesterday and said he had "no problems," but admitted feeling pain in his hamstring, which he injured against the Saints in Week 14.
"I have to keep my mind-set as if I'm going to play," Amukamara said.
Amukamara and Hosley's health issues are the latest in a season saturated with them for a depleted Giants secondary vulnerable to the big play.
They began when cornerback Terrell Thomas re-injured his knee in training camp and was placed on season-ending injured reserve. They continued when Amukamara sustained a high-ankle sprain and Hosley went down with a toe injury in the preseason.
Backup cornerback Michael Coe, now a Dallas Cowboy, bounced on and off the injury report with hamstring trouble until he was placed on season-ending injured reserve and later waived.
"It's definitely frustrating," Hosley said. "You want to go out there and fight."
But the most notable injury is at safety. When Kenny Phillips sprained his right knee in Week 4 against the Eagles, he expected to be 100 percent in time for the stretch run. He isn't.
In his first game back against the Packers in Week 12, Phillips aggravated the injury." Read more...
Giants' Victor Cruz Says He Isn't Disappointed About Not Havng A New Contract Yet
Excerpt: "Victor Cruz made it clear earlier in the season that he hoped he and the Giants would agree to a new contract by the end of the season. He said he wanted to avoid it hanging over him and letting it become a distraction.
Well, the season is nearing its end and the third-year wide receiver still hasn't signed a new deal.
"I'm not disappointed," Cruz said. "I think we're still moving in the right direction. I think we just – you know, it's a negotiation. Everything's not going to happen the way you want it to and we're just going back and forth and hopefully we'll get things squared away soon."
Cruz is making $540,000 this season in the final year of his rookie deal and is set to become a restricted free agent in the offseason.
As a restricted free agent, the team could keep the Paterson native for another year with a one-year tender, but he's seeking a long-term deal. After bursting onto the national scene last season, Cruz got off to a hot start in 2012 but has just two touchdowns in the Giants' last eight games.
Overall, Cruz is 12th in the NFL in catches (82), 14th in yards (1,040), and tied for eighth in touchdowns (nine). He is the only player in franchise history with 80 receptions, 1,000 yards and nine scores in a season. And he's done it twice. He set the Giants' single-season receiving record last season with 1,596 yards." Read more...
Giants' Secondary Depleted Against Vick, Eagles
Excerpt: "You probably thought things couldn't get any worse for a beleaguered Giants defense that's been shredded for 67 points in its last two games.Read more...
Then came Friday. And now things are looking even uglier.
The Giants announced that two key corners — second-year man Prince Amukamara (hamstring) and rookie Jayron Hosley (quadriceps) — are doubtful to play in Sunday's regular-season finale against Philadelphia. And that means an already-struggling secondary could face the Eagles — and nemesis quarterback Michael Vick — with just three healthy cornerbacks.
Amukamara indicated that he might be a game-time decision and added that he has to be "smart about it." Hosley was even less optimistic, stressing that it's "a short time until the game, so we have to take it day by day and see how it goes."
Suddenly, a Giants secondary that's allowing 257 passing yards per game (fifth-worst in the league) could be targeted even more as Big Blue fights to keep its faint playoff hopes alive.
"Well, we have the three guys," Tom Coughlin said when asked how the Giants will handle their corner situation. "And we'll see what Prince is like. We'll go from there."
Cruz OK With Slow Contract Talks
Excerpt: "Victor Cruz still doesn't have the new contract that he aggressively campaigned for in the offseason. But on Friday, he insisted that he doesn't mind, and that negotiations are still moving forward.
"No, I'm not disappointed," Cruz said. "I think we're still moving in the right direction. You know, it's a negotiation and everything's not going to happen the way you want it to. We're just going back and forth, and hopefully we get things squared away soon."
Cruz, who is wrapping up his second straight 80-catch, 1,000-yard, nine-TD season and is headed to his first Pro Bowl, made $540,000 this year and will be a restricted free agent this offseason. He said he's in "no rush" to complete a new deal.
"I'm just being patient, man," Cruz said. "I'm gonna go enjoy this last game, hopefully enjoy this playoff berth. If not, enjoy the Pro Bowl and just relax a little bit."
The NFL fined Ed Reed $55,000 for the safety's fourth-quarter hit on Cruz last Sunday, a hit the league decided was "striking a defenseless player in the head and neck area." But even Cruz admitted that the fine was excessive.Read more...
"I think it's pretty steep," Cruz said. "It's a pretty hefty fine, but it wasn't my decision."
Giants To Hose Sandy Hook Victims For Sunday's Game
Excerpt: "A large contingent of special fans will take in the Giants' regular-season finale against the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday at MetLife Stadium.
Nearly 400 students, parents and faculty members from Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., will attend the game and play a key role in pregame festivities, the team announced on Friday.
Coach Tom Coughlin told the Giants the news on Friday morning.
"To have that group from the Sandy Hook Elementary School and the Newtown community come down for this game with Philadelphia, it means a great deal to us, and we would certainly like to honor them," Coughlin said. "the best we can do is take each individual and play to the best of his ability and make a statement as a team as well . . . It's special for us to have them here this weekend." Read more...
January Run Remains In Big Blue's Sights
Exerpt: "Justin Tuck was changing into his street clothes yesterday after what he hopes wasn't his last full practice of the season when someone mentioned the retirement of former Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui.
Tuck remembered how Matsui, in his final year as a Yankee when many thought his best days were behind him, excelled enough in the 2009 postseason to be named the World Series Most Valuable Player.
"I'm trying to channel some Matsui these next four or five weeks," Tuck said.Notice the "four or five weeks" part.
Despite the Giants' remote chances of making the playoffs, there were no suitcases or trash bags visible at any of their lockers yesterday. The general theme in East Rutherford is there is plenty to play for when the Giants (8-7) face the Eagles (4-11) tomorrow at MetLife Stadium in the regular-season finale. Coach Tom
Coughlin wouldn't have it any other way.
"We need to go play a very good football game," Coughlin said. "That's the purpose here. It's not about scenarios or anything of that nature. It's about us taking our football team and playing as well as we can possibly play. And then we'll worry about everything else."A 2-5 record after a 6-2 start has been a disappointment in many respects. But Coughlin didn't want to hear that word. This is no time for reflection.
"Disappointment? We're in the season," Coughlin said. "That's a strange word right now. That's yesterday.
We've got to deal with right now, in the moment."Coughlin has stressed all week the playoffs remain a possibility if the Giants win and a few other things happen. Yes, it's a long shot, but at least it's a shot."Regardless of how things play out we need to put a positive game on film and move forward," offensive lineman Kevin Boothe said." Read more...
Victor Cruz: Weight's Off Giants' Shoulders
Excerpt: "Victor Cruz believes the Giants felt tension over the past three weeks — even if they didn't realize it.
With the Giants on the verge of missing the playoffs as they finish their regular season tomorrow against the Eagles, Cruz yesterday said playing must-win games down the stretch affected the psyche of the team.But now, with the team's postseason hopes flickering, he does not believe the Giants feel any more pressure going into tomorrow's rivalry game.
"I think there was a little bit [of tension] there," Cruz said. "I think whether we even knew it or not, I think there was some pressure, obviously, going into the last four games where we had to win and we had to keep doing the things we had to do with everybody looking back at last year.
"I feel like there's no pressure for us [now]. We've just got to go out there and take care of business and we understand that. You can kind of feel the tension slip away from this team, and we're just relaxed and ready to go.
"How is there zero pressure on the Giants if they need to win tomorrow to have a shot at the playoffs? They also need wins by the Lions, Packers and Redskins (or tie) to get in.
"I just think because of all that we've been through this year, I think we just understand that now it's either do or die and we've just got to go out there and relax and play football," Cruz said. "That's the only thing that's guaranteed for us right now, is this game [tomorrow] and all we have to do is just relax and play some ball.
"Cruz arguably has been the Giants' most productive player this season, with 82 catches, 1040 yards and nine touchdowns to earn a Pro Bowl nod." Read more...
Tryon Not To Be Short At Corner
Excerpt: "Prince Amukamara and Jayron Hosley are listed as doubtful for tomorrow's game against the Eagles, meaning Justin Tryon may need to make an emergency start at cornerback.
Amukamara, dealing with a hamstring injury, did not practice Wednesday or Thursday before working in a limited capacity yesterday. Hosley hurt his quad Thursday and did not practice yesterday.
After Corey Webster, the only healthy corners on the Giants' active roster are Tryon and Terrence Frederick.
Tryon has not started a game this season, working mainly on special teams, while Frederick has played in just one game and was recently activated off the practice squad.
"We have the three guys and we'll see what Prince is like," Tom Coughlin said. "We'll go from there.
"If Amukamara and Hosley are out, safety Antrel Rolle may play some nickel corner. The Giants also might need to activate another corner, perhaps Brandon Bing or Laron Scott.
Amukamara, who was able to play just four snaps last week, said he felt fine yesterday."I'm always going to feel a little bit of pain in my hamstring, but it wasn't severe to shut me down," he said. "I have to keep my mindset as if I'm going to play." Read more...
Giants To Host Newtown Contingent
Excerpt: "A contingent of approximately 400 representing Sandy Hook Elementary School, including 200 students, will be guests of the Giants for Sunday's 1 p.m. game against the Eagles at MetLife Stadium.SITE LINK
The invited group from the grief-stricken Newtown (Conn.) community will participate in a pre-game ceremony during introductions on the field that also will include 50 Wounded Warriors, the Giants and the Eagles.
There will be a moment of silence for the 20 children and six adults who were killed in a shooting at the school Dec. 14.
"We were so taken back and so shocked and felt so badly for the families, not only the families of the children but the principal and the school psychologist and the real heroes who knew exactly what was coming and still charged and attacked and knew what the outcome would be," Giants coach Tom Coughlin said.
"And it's Giant Country. And we know that. To have that group from the Sandy Hook Elementary School and the Newtown community come down for this game with Philadelphia, it means a great deal to us and we would certainly like to honor them. The best we can do is take each individual and play to the best of his ability and make a statement as a team as well. We're not alone in our passion and empathy for the school and their lost loved ones. I'm sure the entire country feels that way."
"But it's special for us to have them here this weekend."
The Giants will provide buses for the families to bring them to and from MetLife Stadium. Among those attending will be the family of Jack Pinto, the 6-year-old who was buried in a Victor Cruz jersey." Read more...
The dramatic end of the spectrum speaks of cleaning house again. The rose-colored glasses-wearing folks still hold out endless hope. The realistic middle knows that change needs to happen in order for the team to move forward seriously. Head coach Tom Coughlin hasn't embarked upon change just yet and is still on his "one game at a time" spiel.
Giants Going From Repeat To Rebuild
Excerpt: "Just months ago, there were words uttered around the New YorkFootballGiants that included: champions, dynasty and repeat. Down the line, verses comparable to the 2007 "Resiliency" mantra came about. Neither seems to be on the cusp of fruition. Instead, disappointment is thick in the air. Blame is being shifted. Heads are being called for. Some very un-Giants-like things are happening.
"My concern is that our team plays well in the 16th game of the year for us," Coughlin said. "I would like to see our team play an outstanding football game, a game in which the execution of our team is significantly better than what we've seen over the last couple of weeks. That's what I talked to our team about this morning – was pride, honor, dignity, playing the game the way we're capable of playing the game. … What I'm looking for is improvement in our football team and how we execute offensively and defensively. Finish the season with a game we can all be proud of." Read more...
Giants' Coach Tom Coughlin Agrees With Perry Fewell...Sort of
Excerpt: "Perry Fewell was pretty direct on Thursday when the defensive coordinator basically absolved himself of blame for the team's defensive struggles and pinned it squarely on under-performing players, saying "we're in position to make plays, and we haven't made plays."
Does head coach Tom Coughlin agree? Well, sort of. Maybe. it was actually kind of hard to tell how much blame Coughlin assigns to Fewell from the answer he gave when asked about it on Friday.
"Those are his words and that's the way he feels," Coughlin said. "I don't think the defensive players would argue with you at all. We're in position. We haven't really tackled well. We haven't made the plays.
"It's not just on defense; we haven't made any plays on offense, either. That's one of the things that, for so many weeks, we were counting on and looking at always; big plays, and the last two weeks, they really haven't been there."
[Complete Friday Injury Report]
So, the head coach agrees that plays aren't being made, but didn't exactly absolve Fewell by saying "that's the way he feels."
We won't find out the answer to how Coughlin and the organization feel about the job Fewell has done with the Giants until the off-season.
Of more immediate concern is what kind of effort the Giants will give Sunday in a game they have to win to keep their flickering playoff hopes alive. Coughlin said Friday he thought the attitude of his team has been "pretty good" this week."The guys are looking forward to the game. They're looking forward to the opportunity that's been given to them. They practiced well. They seem to be in it. Yesterday was a good practice. Today was also pretty good," Coughlin said." Read more...
Giants vs. Eagles: What To Watch On Sunday
Excerpt: "The New York Giants play their final regular season game of 2012 on Sunday when they host the Philadelphia Eagles at MetLife Stadium (1 p.m. ET/FOX). The Giants need a victory to have any chance of making the playoffs, but the 4-11 Eagles have beaten the Giants eight of the last nine times the teams have played.
Here are five things to watch Sunday, which seems likely to be the final time you see the Giants play until the 2013 preseason.[NFL.com video preview]
Who will play?
The Giants have a long list of injured players. Will guys like Chris Snee,Ahmad Bradshaw, Hakeem Nicks, Justin Tuck and Kenny Phillips -- who aren't nearly 100 percent -- drag themselves to the field for one last game this season? So many things have to happen for the game to be meaningful in terms of the playoffs that you wonder how many of them will be 'All In.'
Will the Giants play with pride or pack it in?
There has been a lot of talk this week about playing with pride, or finishing the season with a better performance than the putrid ones they have given the past two weeks. As the saying goes, though, the proof is in the pudding. The Giants have talked too much this season about what they are capable of at their best while performing too often at their worst. Will they show enough commitment and pride to end the season on a good note, or will they play like they are already in vacation mode? Your guess is as good as mine." Read more...
Folger's Forecast: Giants vs. Eagles
Excerpt: "Mark Twain once said, "Faith is believing what you know ain't so."
A few diehards may still have faith in this team but we're not one of them. We don't anticipate the kind of late-season surge that both recent Super Bowl champions made, and yet, the Giants can still sneak into the playoffs as a wildcard.
If they do, can they make any noise? We don't see it, but then we've been wrong plenty of times before and would hope to be wrong this time.The Eagles would probably like nothing more than to finish off the Giants' season. Michael Vick will be at quarterback with Nick Foles now on injured reserve, and LeSean McCoy is back from an extended injury absence looking refreshed.
Regardless, the Eagles are a mess right now, and it's hard to see them competing for four quarters–unless the Giants come out sleep-walking once again.
Giants on Offense
The most obvious cause for this team's offensive woes is the broken foot that receiver Hakeem Nicks suffered in the off-season. The subsequent knee injury that he incurred while likely compensating for the sore foot has turned him into an ordinary receiver.Last year, the Giants' three wideouts overcame the problems caused by a very spotty offensive line. This year the wideouts are being covered, and the offensive line is springing leaks all over the place.
So if you're wondering why Eli Manning hasn't been able to carry this offense on his shoulders, as he's done so many times before, look no further than the domino effect that Nicks' multiple leg injuries has produced. Manning has had neither a running game, nor time in the pocket to look downfield, and so he's looking very ordinary.It's been two years-plus that the running game has struggled.
It's really time for the coaches to give David Wilson more touches, especially with Ahmad Bradshaw's knee injury making him not only a plodding runner, but a sub-par pass blocker.Wilson only touched the ball once after his 14-yard touchdown run last week. Let's hope that this wasn't a case of the coaches punishing him for his end zone back-flip celebration.Last week, Manning tried forcing the ball to Rueben Randle, which is an imperative that we fully support.
The Giants are going to need this rookie to contribute next year. This is a great time to get him some much-needed playing time so he can see what he needs to do to become a reliable target. Of course, Wilson also needs to get that field time, but the coaches are sure being stubborn when it comes to him.The Eagles' defense has been a shambles most of the season. They are fast, but they are not physical and they lack discipline. The best way to defeat them is to hurt them on the ground. Can this Giants' offense do that? The only chance is with young Wilson carrying the ball. We hate to keep beating a dead horse, but this rookie has to play." Read more...
Giants To Host Sandy Hook Families At Game
The New York Giants will host community members from Newtown, Conn., at Sunday's regular-season finale against the Philadelphia Eagles, the team announced Friday. The Giants will bus in Sandy Hook Elementary students, parents, teachers and administrators for the game."I spoke to the team this morning about that, and what it really means to all of us is we were so taken back and so shocked and felt so badly for the families," Giants coach Tom Coughlin said, via The Star-Ledger, referring to the Dec. 14 school shooting that claimed 26 lives. "Not only the families of the children, but the families of the principal and the school psychologist, the real heroes who knew exactly what was coming and still charged and attacked and knew what the outcome would be.
"And it's Giant country, and we know that." Read more...
Giants' Pride On Line Against Eagles
Excerpt: "The title defense was not supposed to go like this.
Tom Coughlin was hoping that his team would be hitting its stride and preparing for perhaps a repeat run heading into its season finale against the Philadelphia Eagles.Instead, Coughlin finds himself challenging his team to show some "pride" and the New York Giants find themselves desperately searching for answers why they let the NFC East and control of their playoff fate slip away so easily.
"There's not going to be any satisfactory answer, no matter what I say," Coughlin said. "We need some real soul searching, not only by me, but by the people in that locker room."
If the Giants don't sneak into the playoffs on Sunday, they'll have an entire offseason to self-evaluate. They'll surely try to make sense of why they were embarrassed in Atlanta and Baltimore by a combined 67-14 score, and how they let everything go awry.
There's still a sliver of hope that they can turn things around. Clinging to slim playoff hopes, the Giants need a win against Philadelphia and losses by Dallas, Minnesota and Chicago to get into the postseason.Coughlin has asked his team to show some "pride, honor, dignity" against the Eagles." Read more...
Personnel Changes Comig For Giants
Excerpt: "Expect the Giants — even if they somehow sneak into the postseason — to shave some salaries and allow some veterans to walk in the offseason. Bank on it: There will be more changes this offseason for Big Blue than there have been perhaps in the past two offseasons combined.
Impending free-agent DE Osi Umenyiora has not hidden the fact that there could be a better opportunity elsewhere — and the Giants are prepared for some parting shots, too. OT David Diehl, having lost his job at one point, is a strong possibility to be playing elsewhere next season." Read more...
NFL: Andy Reid Could Stay On As Eagles' Coach
Saints, Suspended Coach Sean Payton Agree To Muli-Year Deal


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Just making sure I'm clear on this.
I don't know what you expect out of a 3rd string RB exactly. a guy who gets 2 carries a game isn't going to WOW you.
You give AB 20 carries a game, chances are he's going to have some big plays. the same can be said for about 20+ running backs in the NFL, if not more.
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It's too bad, I'm too good....
Oderint Dum Metuant
It's too bad, I'm too good....
The difference is that if something is there Bradshaw takes it, f nothin is there sometimes he makes it. Ware couldnt do anything on his own in terms of running the ball
I'm surprised because I thought he'd at least put up some impressive numbers or something and that's why you all love him, I hope he does well since he's a giants player obviously....but looking at him, watching the way he plays....To me he seems pretty low down there in terms of talent compared to the RB's I see playing for other teams.
since he hasn't put up good numbers and looks untalented when he's running I really don't see why everyone around here loves him so much...that's kind of what's surprising to me.
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[Article]-Book Review: Thor's Microsoft Security Bible
Here's a book from which most of you will be able to grab some useful info. It's not a hacking book, but it has some great practical ideas to secure a windows environment. Let us know what you think of the reviewer's thoughts and the book itself if you've had the opportunity to read it.
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Review by John R. Luko, Security+, CCENT, CEH
A few weeks ago I saw an ad for Thor's Microsoft Security Bible: A Collection of Practical Security Techniques (TMSB) by Timothy "Thor" Mullen and thought, "Hey that sounds like it could be useful." I work for a Managed Services Provider (MSP) that supports tons of Microsoft servers, so any extra knowledge can always come in handy. Originally, I thought it might be over my head. I held off on buying it, until I found some reviews. Fortunately (or unfortunately depending on how you look at it) TMSB came out and no reviews have been found. I decided to go on Amazon and read the first chapter for free to see if it was something I could handle. After reading the intro and half of chapter one, I was hooked.
Before I get to the review and some thoughts, I thought I'd offer a couple quick hints. The first hint is to buy the hard copy. Online retailers are selling the electronic version for the same price as the hard copy, and there is media that comes with the book. Therefore, getting the hard copy gets you both for the same price. Second, having read through the book, I'd suggest having the following intermediate level skills: C#, T-SQL, and Server 2008 experience. On with the review!
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Now that is not too bad an idea. right now it uses up almost the whole 16" of the sealer. Might make it too wide with the tee's but can see where your going with that.
I would like to ask - do you have some very special kind of sealer? I bought one usual sealer, that is usually offered here in Europe, but it does not seal my straws normally - they are leaking. Maybe the problem is in improper wattage - I have a 300W unit.
Or maybe I need some special straws? I have tried several types of cocktail straws, but with none I have succeeded to have non leaking straws... Could you give some comment on that, please!!!
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300 watt is not enough for what your doing. I recommend at least a 750 watt unit and a good tip is that when you seal........have it set pretty high and hold the sealer down for several seconds after the sealer turns off to set teh seal in place. Firm pressure is needed to complete the seal. Good luck to you.
You may be too thin skinned to be an inventor. But then again, maybe not. I've invented a dozen products and sold the patents of a few.
Most of the best "upgrades" I received was from a different set of eyes seeing the product from a different view. Critics are your best friends in this business as you just witnessed from BC.
I have another idea that will literally be worth millions. That's just for the patent.
By the way - how much that 750 W sealer costs in USA? If I won't be able to get one in Europe, I will have to buy one from USA, and maybe even together with your system. Thanks!
I have the sealer i recommend for sale on my site www.honeystickmachine.com i wish you luck in your endeavor and if you have any questions dont hesitate to pm me on here.
Hello, everyone!
Question regarding honey sticks! We have managed to tune our impulse sealer to get those straws sealed without leaking. Now the question is - how do you trim them so that straws are easy to open without scissors? You should be able to pop the straw opened just with a slight pressure with fingers or by a bite with teeth. If you don't trim the straw, it is almost impossible to open it with teeth or fingers. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance!
Who owns one of these??
This thread is an old ghost from 2012
If it does work I'd like to see a you-tube
TommyT - owns what?
Yes, thread is old, but issues and questions still important! And it looks like there is still only few (1-2?) companies in the world (and I don't mean China) who has managed to solve this tricky straw filling / sealing / trimming task. If you have any advice, I'd be glad to hear! I am from Europe, so I won't be a competitor on your local market in USA. Thanks!
In order to be patentable, the idea has to be novel (new), and not 'obvious for someone skilled in the art'.
All the patent does is give you the right to sue someone for violating it...then the fun begins.
When I was working on a patent (for a new mechanism for the saxophone) it was before some of the biotech patenting took off, but something like 2/3 of the patents that had been awarded and challenged (meaning the patent was violated and the owner sued) were found to be unpatentable in court.
In some fields $20k is about right, but in many fields one need not spend so much...it really depends on what you are going to do with the patent (use it and defend it, or sell it to a very large company and let them defend it with their team of lawyers).
In my case, I got reasonably far into the process (I did the patent search myself,which required me to go to Albany to physically look through volumes of patents...this saved me money, and I doubt you would have to go to a physical library to do that today), it helped get me a job, and I decided that if anyone was going to violate the patent, it would likely be Yamaha, and they were unlikely to buy my patent, and I would be unlikely to match their lawyer power.
One of the most interesting modern patents was the intermittent windshield wiper...everyone violated it because they didn't consider it patentable, but the courts disagreed, and the owner made out like a bandit!
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Day 25-Mauritania, Nouadhibou-Welcome to the Moon
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Woke at the usual hour suffering what can only be called a slight hangover. My grand plans of climbing to the top of the sand dune for sunrise disappeared with... nah I've already been up there 3 times, I don't need to do it again. Suzy on the other hand was all dressed ready for a run. I contemplated for about 2 seconds before deciding against it and promising to join her on her next one.
So leaving the magnificent dunes behind us we drove until we reached the Moroccan border at 10.30am. Having been told the previous group took 6 hours to go through we weren't holding much hope for a quick crossing but nevertheless a small pinch of it was still there.
Thinking there were no toilets at the crossing some took advantage of the rocky terrain, jumped off truck and legged it into the distance to find a suitable pee spot. Seeing people disappear into the distance an official soon warned us "No no (hand signals) bang". Turns out this area is littered with land mines. Nice. Thank god I didn't need to go to the toilet!
Back on the truck we continued to the border and its caf� and loo. Knew I had held on for a reason! We ended up spending about 3 hours at the Moroccan border which sounds long but could have been considerably longer had they wished to search the truck. Whilst we were waiting I had to race back to the loo - there is a story with this so stay with me. So I walk in and two guys follow me. There are two ladies cubicles and right next door two guys. I look up to see the walls don't go all the way to the top. Interesting. So anyway I'm doing my business when I look up and see two guys staring down at me from the top of the wall! Eeeeewwwww like seriously who the hell wants to see a chick go to the loo. Needless to say I legged it out of there as soon as I could. This my friends is reason why girls go to the loos in groups!!
Finally, getting the okay to leave Morocco, we enter no mans land which doubles as a car graveyard, a distance of about 5km to the Mauritanian border. Instantly the road stops, rubbish builds and burnt out cars litter the criss cross tracks marking the somewhat direction towards the border. It's nothing like I've ever seen - you're driving in the Sahara, with no roads trying to get from A to B but not actually being able to see where A or B are. Very weird. Due to the condition of the ground it took us about 30 minutes to drive the 5km.
By now we were all hot, hungry and tired. Having to stay on the truck cook group did a great job in bringing lunch inside and we all passed things to and fro. Once again we were very lucky in that the truck didn't get searched, especially as we were carrying so much hidden booze into a dry country. Still it took us until 4.30 to be cleared - 6 long hot hours spent on a truck going no more than 5km! At least we were now on our way and in another country. Yay.
Few things about Mauritania:
1. It has the longest trains in the world. A mix of iron ore and passenger trains. Usually at lengths of 2.5km.
2. There are numerous check points along the main road so just when you're getting up speed you have to pull over, show paper work and sometimes have an official climb on board and ask us questions. Once again thank god for Catherine. Thankfully so far it has just been more out of curiosity than anything else.
As we had to get special insurance for the truck we swung through Nouadhibou, our first introduction to a Mauritanian town. The differences between Morocco and Mauritania were immense. There was no green to be seen, buildings were partly finished, goats wondered the streets... and the dust was just EVERYWHERE. Making the tar roads look like dirt ones - it covered everything in a white sheet.
Having arrived later than expected we ended up finding a camp site in town rather than sticking to our original plans of driving out and bush camping. Upon entering the site we saw the other truck already there and set up. Turns out they had been there a few days stopping off to get hammered at a random bar on their first night. The campsite was nice, we got to sleep on sand not rocks and it had good hot showers. Bliss.


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Discussion in 'Other Hoops Talk' started by Ozarkruffrider, Jan 17, 2008.
Now that's how you send a message. What a first half!
56-41 1:00 to go in the third
Well, Indy went on their 3rd quarter run, but our Shock shook it off and took control of the game. 80-61 Detroit. Bring on New York!!
Laimbeer really let them play through that terrible stretch in the 3rd quarter. Not sure how many coaches would have the patience for that.
Wow, 19 points allowed in an entire half??? I hope they can survive without a Real Ford (Cheryl) and Pierson.
The interesting thing is, had it not worked, people would be criticizing him for being clueless. The again, maybe it's just about knowing when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em, and folding 'em before they lose the game for you.
Also, it's about having the confidence to do what you think is best. If you have no backbone, then you do all the standard things to avoid criticism if you lose. In this particular instance, I definitely would have called a timeout though. The Shock turned it over multiple times in a row and gave up uncontested layups in a game where they had an insurmountable lead. Maybe Bill wanted to make the players feel responsible and step up themselves?
8 posts in one night for a Shock game...good to see some interest here as the city needs something to cheer about this fall (in spite of the Millen firing). Pierson may not be available for the next series, but if they survive, hopefully she will be fine for the finals. I see the Sparks snuck into the conference finals too as the league hopes that they can get in the finals to promote and live off of Candy Parker ratings..
Aww, come on, you KNEW that the Sparks would make it!
If I am not mistaken, the Candace Spark(ers) came into the Brawl at the Palace part 2 (Girls Gone Wild style) with a losing record. They took that game from the Shock and proceeded to win a couple more games before and after the Olympic break and secure a playoff spot. They looked terrible in game 2 vs Seattle Storm, but without Lauren Jackson the Storm could not hold on to win game 3 at home despite the Cheryl Swoops, Sue Bird and Swin Cash heroics... The Shock are better than the Sparks, but I would not want to face them with out Pierson. The Candace Parker factor could weigh heavy here on the powers that be to make sure she is there in the end. Of course both teams need to win their conference finals before I put them in a finals meeting
I didn't watch the game so i'm not sure what happened, but it seems like the Shock have emotional problems against the liberty in the 4th quarter. Didn't this happen during the year as well (getting outscored by alot). I don't know if i'm going to watch this series; i don't mean to sound mean, but that liberty center Mcarville (?) really freaks me out.
I saw the first half, and then tivo'd the second to watch the debate. They looked tentative in the first half as both teams had trouble finding the hoop and the Shock had to many turnovers. They lead at one point 19-8 in the second qtr before finishing the half leading 29-23. Without the turnovers they could have had a 15 point lead and possibly coasted to the victory instead of losing by 4. I have not watched the second half, but according to Bill's post game comments they didn't play smart in the 4th and missed to many ezy shots for the game and in the end. Next two games (if necessary) are at home but they really miss Plenette Pierson...
Nice wake up in the 4th qtr today as the Shock came back from a 8 point deficit at the end of third to win 64-55. They outscored the Liberty 26-9 in the 4th. The Liberty almost won the game with their inside game in the first half and then their three ball in the 3rd qtr, but came up short in both areas in the all important 4th qtr when the Shock were on the brink of elimination. Nolan took to many shots, but did drive in the 4th to get some points at the FT line. Plenette Pierson came off the bench in Willis Reed like manner and scored 10 points and grabbed a few key rebounds. The Shock defense forced 18 Liberty turnovers many of those coming down the stretch where the Liberty either missed the shot or were stripped of the ball. The game was played at EMU, and according to the announcers the Shock did not get a chance to come down early to test the hoops, but Liberty were there yesterday. Key to tomorrows win is to hit shots early, get the McCarville in foul trouble early, make sure Plennette Pierson's shoulder is being worked on by Arne Kander tonight and win the 4th quarter. GO SHOCK!!!
Arnie is so lucky. I would tend to Plennette's wounded wing if given the opportunity.
I just talked to her. She said she will call you on your cell.
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Dried turnip, peppermint oil, lavender oil, and wintergreen oil. That's the concoction ESPN said Plenette was rubbing on her shoulder. Wonder if Arnie helped come up with that? If so, I find his omission of beets and lemon grass perplexing.
I have a feeling you wouldn't be able to contain yourself, and you'd only worsen the injury.
She'd probably worsen it punching me. She's super attractive in a Xena Warrior Princess sorta way.
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CompactAppliance.com Thinks of the Bigger Strategic Picture
October 15, 2008
An updated e-commerce platform launched in conjunction with other new technology is helping CompactAppliance.com diversify its web strategy.
This summer CompactAppliance.com, No. 259 in the Internet Retailer Top 500 Guide , moved from its old e-commerce platform from MarketLive Inc. to a hosted application from Demandware. CompactAppliance.com also installed an analytics package from Omniture and an e-mail marketing program from Yesmail.
With better technology, the online retailer now can make major design changes faster, which is speeding up the launch of more microsites, says Jason Roussos, president of Richlund Ventures Inc., operator of CompactAppliance.com. "We can now build multiple web sites in a hosted environment using just one standard catalog, and do it quickly," Roussos says.
Also this summer CompactAppliance.com, which generated web sales of $30 million in 2007, launched LivingDirect.com as a universal branding site. Over time CompactAppliance.com will launch more microsites such as kegerator.com, a forthcoming e-commerce destination that will sell a variety of beer cooling equipment and related accessories. But the company also will use LivingDirect.com, which sells wine and beverage cooling and dispensing products, compact appliances and specialty items, as a universal brand that will drive traffic to its present and future microsites, Roussos says.
CompactAppliance.com was founded as a niche business–the site carries more than 1,500 SKUs and specializes in selling small appliances for tight living and office space. Another microsite, HotwaterSource.com, sells tankless water heaters. By migrating to a universal brand, CompactAppliance.com sees a new opportunity to appeal to a broader universe of specialty appliance shoppers and improve its online marketing program, including search engine optimization. "LivingDirect.com will be a destination and over time will become our main brand," Roussos says. "Shoppers can come to LivingDirect.com and do a live chat, read and participate in customer reviews, and blog. It will be a branded entity for specialized appliance shoppers."
Bolstered by upgraded technology and a more diversified e-commerce strategy, CompactAppliance.com expects to finish out the year in good order, with web sales up by 25% or higher, he says.
Jason Roussos spoke in June at the Internet Retailer Conference & Exhibition and his audio-visual presentation at IRCE 2008 is available on CD-ROM.


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Air India said that regulators in India have grounded Boeing's 787 Dreamliners, too
After a series of issues with Boeing's 787 Dreamliner over the last week (including today), Japan decided to gound the planes until further notice. Now, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced that
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The FAA made this decision today after a 787, which was an All Nippon Airways (ANA) flight to Tokyo, had an issue with its main battery only 15 minutes into a 90-minute flight. After 40 minutes, a burning smell made its way into the cabin and cockpit, and the plane made an emergency landing at Takamatsu Airport on the southern island of Shikoku. Thankfully, all passengers and staff evacuated safely.
"We are very sorry to have caused passengers and their family members so much concern," said ANA Senior Executive Vice President Osamu Shinobe.
Even later, Air India said that regulators in India have grounded Boeing's 787 Dreamliners, too.
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Just one day later, a Boeing 787 operated by the same airline at the same airport suffered a fuel leak. The fuel leak was discovered at 12:25 p.m. ET right after the 787 left the gate for a trip to Tokyo. The flight was cancelled, and the plane was towed back to the gate where passengers were instructed to exit and stay in the airport. No one was injured.
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Adding to the world of known chemical structures is a wonderful mental experiment
Roald Hoffmann
Some theoreticians in chemistry, myself included, like to think about molecules that do not (yet) exist. I use the simple word "think" purposely, for the design need not use fancy-schmancy, computer-intensive, "first-principles" calculations. We conjure up the chemical future in so many ways—through simple model building, qualitative thinking and ever-more-reliable quantum chemical calculations. Even in dreams, as Henning Hopf of the Technische Universität Braunschweig reminded me, referring to the German chemist Friedrich August Kekulé, who worked out the cyclic structure of the carbon-based molecule benzene in the mid-1800s. Kekulé stated that the structure came to him during a daytime reverie about the ouroboric symbol of a snake biting its own tail.
But why do we try to imagine new molecules? Aren't there enough molecules already on Earth, be they natural or synthetic? A potpourri of reasons follows.
Synthesis, the making of molecules, is at the heart of chemistry—the art, craft, business and science of substances (molecules at the microscopic level) and their transformations. Of course you need to know what substances are, so analysis is a parallel, lively enterprise. As is figuring out why molecules have the colors or other properties they do, and why they react in certain ways and not others.
Chemists make the objects of their own contemplation. And, of course, study the beautiful, evolved world around and within them. By being as much (if not more) in the work of creation as discovery, chemistry is close to art. And lest we get too puffed up on that, creation also brings chemistry close to engineering (which certainly can have artistic elements in it).
I love explaining. But as a theoretician, I also want to take part in the work of creation. I can do so by thinking up interesting molecules not yet made. Maybe, just maybe, an experimentalist will try to make the molecule. Actually, given human nature, a hypothetical molecule will be made more expeditiously if it is thought up by the person who could synthesize it, rather than by me or some other theoretician.
Since chemistry is a semi-infinite macrocosm of structure, there are many interesting molecules waiting to be made. And still many more that might as well wait a while longer. Few of the 355 dodecanes (C
) are extant, for good reasons—new principles and properties are most unlikely to be found among them, because they're too similar to those that already exist.
So it's not just a matter of predicting any molecule that does not exist, it's predicting one that's in some way "interesting." That loose word has both cognitive and emotional sides to it, and is definitely subjective. Nevertheless, I find "interesting" works very well in evoking the psychological mix that makes the intelligent graduate student's mind hop to it. Some examples follow.
With Timothy R. Hughbanks of Texas A&M University, Miklos Kertesz of Georgetown (who were both at Cornell at the time) and Peter Bird of Concordia University in Montreal, we designed a carbon allotrope that, if it is made (no, when it is made!), will be metallic
(see the first figure, in the opening paragraph)
. Now that would be interesting.
In another piece of work, Musiri M. Balakrishnarajan, in my group at the time and now at Pondicherry University in India, thought up a kind of three-dimensional analogue to one of the very best oxidation/reduction couples in organic chemistry, quinone/hydroquinone. Polyhedral boron cages, such as the octahedron shown in the second figure, can go through the process twice over, accepting two and four electrons (the intermediate stage of oxidation/reduction is shown) with correlated changes in geometry. The molecule will "breathe" as it sops up electrons.
To move away from my work, wonderful predictions were made of two variants of H
, a simple molecule that is not likely to fill any glass bottles, but is nonetheless detectable. Wonderful, because they were completely unexpected—the molecule was calculated by Hans Lischka of the University of Vienna and Hans-Joachim Köhler of the Karl Marx University in Leipzig, not to have the expected acetylenic, or linear, H-Si-Si-H connectivity, but instead to feature two bridging hydrogens and a folded geometry. And it does! Then Brenda T. Colegrove and H. F. Schaefer III of the University of Georgia predicted a second "isomer" with a different shape to be metastable
(see the third figure, at right)
. And this too was found, by Michel Cordonnier, Marcel Bogey, Claire Demuynck, and Jean-Luc Destombes of the Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille in France, in 1992.
Compounds and molecules are often useful, ergo the vast transformative chemical industries (and the reasonably populated chemistry and chemical engineering departments of the world). Properties make for function. Be they materials for electronics, polymers with specific properties or pharmaceutical activity, adhesives working under extreme conditions—molecules perform tasks. But never as adequately and cheaply as we desire, of course. So there is a need for further design of molecules with specific properties.
Design is often a matter of tuning. Say one has a pharmaceutical lead, a compound with antitumor activity. The chances are that even as it works, the compound is toxic at some level, and that its biological efficacy can be improved. One wants to change a methyl group here for a fluorine, add two hydrogens there. This quantized perturbation of an underlying molecular skeleton is our métier, the craftsmanship as explicit in dye as drug design. But tuning is not random change. One needs a way to think about a property—the thinking need not be computational, it may be qualitative—before one sets to the work of synthesis. Here is a great place for theory.
Although modifying molecular bits here and there works, one lesson of chemistry has been that really new properties or functions come from big jumps, in structure and electronic properties. I'm thinking as much of liquid crystals and nylon as I am of fullerenes and metal-metal bonds. Here there is a still more significant role for theory. For small extrapolations are easy—you can calibrate your calculation; predicting the properties of a really different, unusual molecule is risky.
There are pitfalls, psychological ones, in the service of design. The designer's role is at times exaggerated in the process of seeking patronage, a forgivable sin. It is also what journalists think their audience wants to hear—fables of superminds whose predictions are always right. And people—scientists for sure—fall too easily into an excessive valuation of their own mastery of design, to burnish an impression of their rationality. An age-old problem for science, or rather for scientists….
Everything has antecedents and lush interconnections. Still, there is a real opportunity for theoretical chemistry in the creation of new classes of molecules. Instead of being servants to reductionism, we can signal emergence.
Theories are fecund webs of understanding. They come to be accepted by scientific communities for many reasons, but certainly the trait of making predictions, preferably risky ones, is an important factor in why people buy into theories.
Could one imagine a better probe of our comprehension of protein catalytic function than the design of an enzyme that, say, flips on its head the selectivity of a catalyzed reaction, or that turns over molecules faster than the natural one? If you have a theory of superconductivity, a super way to demonstrate your understanding would be not only to explain the observed isotope effects and the symmetry properties of the phenomenon, but also to predict what chemical compound should be a high-temperature superconductor. We're not there.
The consistent theoretical prediction of viable molecules with unusual structures or properties is the best test of the degree of understanding science has achieved.
The universe is teeming with extreme conditions, from the interior of a big planet to the cold and near-vacuum surrounding a grain in an interstellar cloud. In the course of a chemical reaction, a number of molecular "intermediates" may have only the most fleeting of existences. Their properties, their very existence, may simply not be measurable—out there, or in the confines of the laboratory.
Here theoretical chemistry may really be of help. Quantum mechanics has already proved sufficiently reliable to calculate correctly the spectroscopic signatures of molecules in interstellar space. This is how a molecule relatively abundant out there, but hardly persistent in the laboratory, cyclopropenylidene, was detected
(see the fourth figure, left)
So it is for the metastable intermediates of chemical reactions. There is every reason to think that calculations of their properties are as easy (or is it "as difficult"?) as the properties of stable molecules.
Theoreticians are a minority in chemistry, which remains an experimental science. Our experimental friends and that molecular cornucopia, the evolved biosphere, are so productive. We have been given and have made millions of molecules, with an incredible diversity in their properties. Some are just ringing changes on a theme, some pose real puzzles. So there we are, theoreticians, in a reactive mode, continually asked to explain.
I don't mind explaining. It is one good test of theory, for sure. But it is nice to turn the tables once in a while, and predict.
As it is, experimentalists and theorists have a certain love/hate relationship within any field, not just chemistry. The stereotypes are clear: To the experimentalist, theorists build castles in the air, don't deign to explain what bothers experimentalists, and simplify the world to the extent that it is rendered unreal (as with the "spherical cow" model). To the theorists, experimentalists complicate matters, vary too many factors simultaneously and never measure the observable that the theorists calculate.
It's a game; the "love" part is that both theory and experiment desperately need each other. For the facts are mute. And science, our way of knowing, depends on the coupling of imaginative flights of theoretical fancy with people probing down-to-earth physical and chemical reality.
So … it's fun to make moderately unreasonable predictions of viable or fleeting molecules. The operative part of the phrase is "moderately unreasonable." For if the prospect of synthesis is perceived as taking 20 man- or woman-years, the synthesis will not be attempted. Realistically, the quantum of commitment might be a single Ph.D. student's productive lifetime in graduate school.
Science is a marvelous quest for reliable knowledge. Knowing is a pleasure in and of itself. So is creation. As is sharing that knowledge, and yes, being thought of well for what one does.
The predictor leaves the safety of known molecules and properties for the unknown. He or she takes a risk. And, in a way, flirts—in a game of interest and synthesis—with the experimentalist. Predicting new molecules is simply great fun.
©Roald Hoffman
You can find this online at http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/num2/why-think-up-new-molecules/8
© 2016 Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society


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health is one thing but consistency is a completely different thing.
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All I want is consistency, aggressive defense and ball-control offense. Great win in that they secured a W, but they should have whipped that *** from the green light.
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