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text: 'Specimen' Short keys Purdue defense By Doug Smock September 26, 2012 Story Share AP Photo Kawann Short has three sacks for Purdue in three games. This will tell you a little about Purdue defensive tackle Kawann Short: He's 6-foot-3, 315 pounds, chiseled and can dunk.With authority, apparently."K.K. is definitely, I would call, a specimen," said defensive end Ryan Russell. "He is, pound for pound, the best athlete on the team. At his weight and height, the way he windmill dunks ..."Wait a minute. Windmill dunks? At 6-3, 315, that must be one scary-looking windmill.Russell doesn't think Short has brought down a backboard, but he worried about it when witnessing one of those throw-downs."I ran the other way, because I thought it would happen," Russell said.Generally, Short confines his throwing down to offensive linebackers, running backs, quarterbacks and any other opponent in the way. He has six tackles in three games, and all are solos, with four tackles for loss, three of them sacks. Short is leading a Boilermaker team with a three-game total of nine sacks, five against Notre Dame and one short of last year's mark after seven games. Short will try to make short work of Marshall at 3:15 p.m. Saturday at Purdue's Ross-Ade Stadium. The game will air on the Big Ten Network.A fifth-year senior from East Chicago, Ind., he is by far the team's grizzled vet. He is expected to log his 41st career start, 12 ahead of the nearest teammate, cornerback Ricardo Allen. His NFL stock is high - ESPN.com has him ranked 17th overall, fifth among defensive tackles.One of Short's goals in the offseason was to redefine his body from a stereotypical big tackle into a fearsome athlete with optimum NFL size. He is benefiting from the arrival of new position coach Kevin Wolthausen, who once coached Elvis Dumervil at Louisville."About a year and a half ago, we had a change in director of sports and performance; we brought in Duane Carlisle, and he is really an advocate of promoting lean muscle mass," said Purdue coach Danny Hope. "Kawann has really changed his body around significantly in the last year and a half. He carries his 315 or 320 pounds a lot better than he has in the past. "When Kawann is playing his best, he is the best. A key for him and a key for our team this season is to get Kawann to play his best on every snap."At Marshall, offensive coordinator Bill Legg offered a quick parallel to Short."[Short presents] the same problems [Memphis nose guard Dontari] Poe posed last year, and the year before that," Legg said. "He's not your 315-pound guy. You turn the film on, they throw a screen across the field away from him, and he frickin' sticks his foot in the ground and runs over there and is in on the tackle for a 5-, 6-yard gain."That's the type of athletic ability he has. Poe was the same type of guy, and he was a first-round NFL draft pick." Beside Short at the other tackle is Bruce Gaston, a 6-2, 303-pound junior Russell said is the strongest on the team - and almost was when he arrived as a teenage freshman. At the ends, Russell (6-5, 275 sophomore) already has 41/2 tackles for loss and two sacks, while Ryan Isaac (6-5, 294 junior) and Greg Latta (6-6, 265 junior) add Big Ten size and then some to the position.In yielding just 293 total yards per game, the Boilermakers have other key cogs - particularly the cornerbacks. Senior Josh Johnson already has four pass break-ups and an interception and is to start his 29th career game; Ricardo Allen is to start in his 26th.But first and foremost, the Herd will have to find a way to neutralize Short and that front four, whether by scheme or brute force."Without a doubt, it's the best defensive line we face this year," Legg said. "They don't have a weak link on that defensive line."Reach Doug Smock at 304-348-5130 or email@example.com. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Deer in 8 WV counties found dead from EHD 2 New company planning $73M synthetic fuel plant in Greenbrier County 3 WVU law professor announces run for Congress 4 Richwood mayor on leave amid investigation of purchases 5 Morgantown coal operator Laurita indicted in alleged campaign finance scheme Set-piece goals lift SC past Capital Previous Story Midland, Scott, Tucker atop playoff ratings Next Story

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BlackBerry will face jaded customers today with the U.S. launch of its latest smartphone, a last-ditch effort to show that after years of product delays and poor performance, the company is ready to compete.
"We will fight for each and every individual," Thorsten Heins, the company's chief executive, said in an interview. (The company changed its name from Research in Motion in January to reflect a focus on its primary product.)
It won't be easy. The BlackBerry once dominated the global smartphone market, but it has lost ground to Apple's iPhone and phones such as Samsung's that run Google's Android operating system. It held just 10.3 percent of the global market in 2011 and 4.6 percent in 2012, according to International Data.
BlackBerry is betting its fortunes on two new smartphones including the Z10, which is debuting Friday. Reviewers have called it a capable phone -- sleek, smooth and stylish. But it lacks a killer feature that could elevate BlackBerry.
Investors have been hopeful, driving up the company's stock 150 percent over the past six months.
Heins said he has simple expectations in the launch of the Z10: to keep the company's current customer base, pick up converts or persuade former BlackBerry devotees to rejoin the fold. Still, Heins refused to set sales targets for the phone's launch. The object is not to overtake smartphone market leaders Samsung and Apple, he said, but to maintain BlackBerry's share and make modest gains to secure third place.
"The expectation is to gain market share," Heins said. "We're not content with where we are today."
Winning that battle will mean appealing to security-conscious government customers. Once solidly in BlackBerry's corner, government agencies have increasingly allowed employees to use other smartphones for work.
In this area, Heins said, BlackBerry is eager to please. Its new operating system, BlackBerry 10, allows employers to separate -- and erase -- work data from phones without affecting their employees' personal photos, e-mails, apps or documents.
The company's focus on the business sector could be its saving grace, said Rob Enderle, principal technology analyst for the Enderle Group. Government agencies and corporate customers have "been screaming bloody murder that the phones now can't comply with their standards," Enderle said. "They're the only ones focused on business. . . . It's a unique opportunity."
And despite his tempered expectations for taking on the competition, Heins still isn't pulling any punches.
He balked at comparisons between BlackBerry's app marketplace -- which has grown to 100,000 apps since its January launch -- and the 800,000-strong platforms offered by Apple and Google as a meaningful measure of success.
"It's not all quantity," he said. BlackBerry wants apps focused on productivity that will appeal to its hyperconnected users, he said.
He also took direct aim at some standard smartphone designs offered by competitors such as Apple, including a home button that allows users to return to the phone's main screen.
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How should doctors respond when a colleague makes a mistake?
SEATTLE -- While Dr. Thomas Gallagher was completing his medical training, a man came into his hospital for cataract surgery. While the patient was under anesthesia, the hospital's ventilator malfunctioned and pumped too much air into one of his lungs, causing it to collapse and leading to a heart attack.
The patient survived and later returned to the hospital for cardiac care. That's when Gallagher discovered no one had informed the patient that his heart attack had been caused by a faulty ventilator.
"I thought, 'What am I supposed to do here?'" Gallagher said. "'Should I be the one to tell him there's a little more to the story?'"
Unfortunately, Gallagher - now a professor at the University of Washington - said medical mistakes like this one are not uncommon. It's tempting to think of doctors as flawless, perfect practitioners. But in reality, medicine is a human business. Even the most skilled surgeons and careful cardiologists make mistakes sometimes.
When a physician believes a colleague has made a harmful mistake, what should they do?
That's the question Gallagher is trying to answer. After gathering a group of experts together to discuss the issue, he has published an article of recommendations on the importance of reporting a colleague's mistake to the patient.
Changing a culture of collegiality
Gallagher said there has been a lot of emphasis in the medical community on disclosing one's own mistakes, but few have addressed how doctors should address a colleague's mistakes.
"We're hoping to change the culture in healthcare," he said. "At the moment, when something goes wrong with a colleague most physicians think the collegial thing is to cover for the colleague. That's been the status quo for a long time."
Gallagher said it can be difficult to confront a colleague when a mistake has been made. Physicians may be embarrassed, fear potential repercussions if they are perceived as disloyal, or be concerned about losing referrals. They may also receive mixed signals from healthcare institutions and malpractice insurers.
"Part of the change that we and others are working toward is to take away that sense of shame and stigma when care has not gone well, and make it the norm to talk with one another about quality problems," Gallagher said. "Everyone makes mistakes, so the norm should not be, 'How do I keep this to myself.'"
But, unreported medical errors can have serious consequences, Gallagher said. A patient's future medical needs may be improperly addressed, and those facing additional medical costs as the result of an error may not receive compensation they deserve.
When mistakes are ignored, physicians lose the opportunity to learn from them, Gallagher said.
"When we don't confront these issues head-on it keeps us from improving the quality of care."
Honesty is the best policy - always
To help physicians and institutions cope with this difficult situation, Gallagher and his co-authors have offered key recommendations in the article "Talking with Patients about Other Clinicians' Errors."
Gallagher argued patients have a right to honest information no matter how difficult it is for physicians to disclose.
He acknowledges the current system of medical malpractice makes addressing medical errors difficult, but argues patients facing additional medical costs as the result of an error must have all the information they need to receive compensation.
Now is the time to ask questions
Gallagher said clinicians are obligated to obtain all the facts when they suspect an error has occurred.
Patients' interests are not served by communicating inaccurate or speculative information, he said. Additionally, having an open conversation with a colleague gives them the chance to correct mistaken assumptions.
"Talk about what happened in the framework of curiosity rather than accusation," Gallagher said.
Create an honest environment
Finally, Gallagher and his co-authors urged institutions to provide leadership in bringing about these conversations, creating "atmospheres of trust in which people are encouraged, even rewarded, for providing essential safety-related information."
Many institutions have adopted disclosure-coaching programs to help facilitate peer-to-peer discussions, he said.
"To improve quality and safety we need to think about accountability as something we all do together."
Your doctor is not perfect
Gallagher has important advice for patients, too. He said patients should be glad when doctors report mistakes.
"Doctors and hospitals are trying to be more open when care has not gone well, so expect these types of conversations more regularly," he said. "It's not a sign that you have a bad provider. Institutions that are more open about care probably tend to be the ones that are providing higher quality of care."
Gallager said patients also need to better report their own concerns. In one survey he conducted of 100 cancer patients who believed something went wrong with their care, only 13 spoke up to their provider.
"Often times when patients think something might have gone wrong they keep it to themselves out of fear that if they raise a concern it will affect their care in some way," he said. "Recognize that speaking up is critical to patient safety. Patients should feel free to share their concerns about care and know a high quality healthcare institution will welcome those concerns."


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How to simulate the designs of an automation and control project for a water treatment process, before putting them into operation.
Ask the Experts is moderated by Béla Lipták, editor of the Instrument Engineers Handbook . In this column, he and other experienced process control engineers welcome questions concerning process measurement and control and optimization. If you are qualified and would like to be on our expert team, please send us your resume. Process control-related questions should be accompanied by P&ID sketches using ISA symbols.
Q: Im developing an automation and control project for a water treatment process. I would like simulate the designs before putting them into operation. For that reason, I need a model for simulating control valves (proportional). It doesnt need to be a high-level simulation. I only need to build a kind of block with two inputs and two outputs (a MIMO system). Those inputs are the incoming water flow and the signal from the controller (0%-100%). The outputs are the outgoing water flow and the valve position (0%-100%). It sounds simple, but doing it using Simulink (from Matlab) could be complex. At the university, I used to go for Simulink in order to get simulations for controlling electronic systems, but I have never carried out sims for hydraulic models. (I also need the fuzzy blocks of Simulink). I know of software like Hysys or Fluidsim... but I dont need such a level of reality in my simulations and I haven´t got the money to buy them.
I already had read your article, How to Select Control Valves, Parts 1, 2, 3 and I could finally understand many concepts relative to control valves. I would like that you advise me about how to build this simulation block in the simplest way so that four signals can interact between them?
From your article I understand that Gv is a constant, Gv = [Δflow/Δ%], but I couldnt understand how to operate the input signals inside the block!
How do you mathematically modify the admission flow area inside the valve body according to the signal from controller without multiplying the incoming flow signal and convert the valve in a kind of signal flow amplifier?
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A: As I understand it, you want to get a general approximation of a control valve operating in a flow loop, but you do not need the precision and detailed accuracy required by simulation programs such as Simulink, Hysis or Fluidsim, nor do you wish to incur the costs of those rather expensive programs.
PC-ControLAB 3, a process control loop training and simulation program, is intended primarily for use in training seminars. It permits users to practice controller tuning and to view the behavior of various types of control loops, including feedback, feed-forward, ratio, cascade, override and decoupling. Of immediate interest to you, however, is the process model building program that comes with PC-ControLAB. Using a function-block oriented program it is extremely simple to graphically configure a process model that resembles a real process.
The control valve is configured by two function blocks: One block simulates the valve actuator, and another block simulates the hydraulic characteristics of the valve body itself. The first function block permits setting characteristics of the actuatordead band, stick-slip and whether or not it has a positioner. The second function block permits setting features of the valve itself, such as maximum Cv, equal percent or linear valve. External inputs to this block permit setting the system pressure drop and pressure drop ratio.
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A: I have great appreciation for simulating a process to gain understanding of the process control dynamics. The problem is always to develop a model which is as close to reality as is needed. A simple static model can provide information for a steady-state system, but is of little value for discovering dynamic response and predicting control issues.
Valve flow = (Co, Positioner dynamics, pressure difference, valve characteristic, piping and pump characteristics, fluid density, (and sometimes Reynolds Number), valve dynamic response and response to step inputs. Co = controller output signal. See The Instrument Engineers Handbook for these topics and references to the applicable standards.
In modeling dynamic systems I have sometimes found it valuable to cycle through the calculations a number of times until the numbers settle out and converge before moving to the next step in time. The time constants in process control systems often differ greatly in size and make a stiff system. The computer does not mind the extra arithmetic. Dont forget any significant time lost in the control system.
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BOSTON--Of all the members of the NBA Draft Class of 2009 who saw Wednesday night's deadline for contract extensions pass without inking a new deal, Milwaukee Bucks point guard Brandon Jennings might be the highest-profile and best player of the bunch.
Jennings and the Bucks opened their season at TD Garden on Friday. It was quite the debut, too, with Jennings scoring 21 points on 9-for-17 shooting, as the Bucks won, 99-88.
Jennings had his fingerprints all over this win, a rarity for him as he typically struggles against Boston point guard Rajon Rondo.
In addition to his scoring, Jennings gave the Bucks 13 assists and forced six steals. His lob pass to big man Larry Sanders with 5:02 remaining in the game thwarted a fourth-quarter Celtics run and sealed the game for the Bucks.
The win was especially rewarding for Jennings because it came against Rondo.
"He didn't just have good games, he has owned me," Jennings said. "To be honest with you, I'll be honest, this is a different year. I know I have to be more aggressive. We missed the playoffs two years in a row, and it started from tonight. Whether I shoot bad or not, I want every guard to know I gave my all and they felt me that night."
Friday was a good start to what will be a big year for Jennings, who will be a restricted free agent next summer afte not receiving an extension.
The market for point guards from the Class of '09 was established by the four-year, $48 million deal the Denver Nuggets gave to Ty Lawson, with Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors (four years, $44 million) and Jrue Holiday of the Philadelphia 76ers (four years, $41 million) coming in just behind him. With a more efficient shooting season, Jennings—who averaged 19.1 points last year but shot just 41.8 percent from the field and 33.2 percent from the 3-point line—could top those numbers.
Jennings put missing out on a new deal in the context of his career to date, going back to his decision to go to Oak Hill Academy and play in Italy rather than attend Arizona for a year.
"Just makes me more hungrier," he said. "I have been through this situation before, when I went to Oak Hill, when I went to Europe. People kept saying, 'It is not going to work, he is not going to do that.' All I can do is keep playing basketball and let everything else work out."
In the meantime, coach Scott Skiles is just hopeful that the uncertainty around Jennings' contract situation has no impact on his point guard. Before the game, Skiles said, "You never know how that is going to affect today's player. Some guys can play right through that, some guys succumb to it. It's just, you never know how it is going to affect somebody."
Jennings has work to do as he heads into a critical Year 4 for him.
"He has to be more efficient," said Skiles, who has been the only NBA coach Jennings has known. "I feel like as time has gone on, he has continued to try to take better shots. When his feet are set and he is behind the 3-point line and somebody is driving and kicks it to him, that is his shot.
"He has a nice floater he can make. He has gotten better around the basket, but still not where he needs to be or is going to be, I think. He occasionally takes the dribble step-back shots and those are not high-percentage shots for him yet. As long as he takes his shots, he likes to play and he has been easy to deal with, easy to coach. This will be a big year for him, obviously."


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Question: You mentioned that Rick Carlisle said the Pacers were going to play a different style of offense next year. Do you know what this style is and how it differs from last year? I personally hope it is a little more up-tempo to show off the talents of Jamaal Tinsley, Jonathan Bender and Fred Jones in the full court. (Brian from Fort Wayne, Ind.)
Answer: I asked Carlisle that question at the time and he didn't give an answer. But I'm guessing the team will play a faster tempo. Carlisle knows Tinsley better now than before last season and no doubt trusts him more. Stephen Jackson, Bender and Jones will have significant roles in the offense and are suited to an up-tempo game. Ron Artest and Jermaine O'Neal, who were the focal points of last season's halfcourt offense, would prefer a faster pace, too.
Question: We have heard all of the talk about the summer league and how players are working out all over the country. What has not been addressed is your conditioning in the off-season. You were criticized globally (not meaning Sekou Smith's frame) for your lack of mobility as Shawn Bradley took full advantage of you and your laptop. What has your off-season conditioning program consisted of? (D.C. from Indianapolis)
Answer: To the contrary, I showed amazing alertness and agility to get out of the way of Bradley's awkward dive into the scorer's table. I was light on my feet, executing a move that put the greatest of bullfighters to shame.
However, I must admit my off-season training program has been sporadic. I work out a few days a week at the health club and swing a golf club, but haven't done anything to improve my footwork. Therefore, I plan to cover next season's Pacers-Mavericks games from the press room to avoid a reunion with Mr. Bradley.
Question: What is the status of Antonio Davis? Could he fit into the Pacers' plans? It seems like he's wasting away in Chicago. (Michael from Tipton, Ind.)
Answer: Davis is Chicago's highest-paid player, due $27 million over the next two seasons. He turns 36 on Oct. 31, and given his injury problems of the past couple of seasons it's unlikely he'll be able to live up to his salary. He's another example of Toronto's dilemma. The Raptors often have to over-pay players to re-sign them. They also made a major offer to Austin Croshere, which the Pacers had to beat to re-sign him in 2000.
Still, Davis is a mature veteran who would be a welcome addition to any team. He has told people he wishes he had never left the Pacers. He probably would be happy to finish his career here, although his wife's family lives in the Chicago area and they appear to enjoy living there.
Given his salary, however, it would be difficult for the Pacers to acquire him and fit him into their payroll structure. There's a better chance of them bringing back Dale Davis next summer, when he is a free agent and can be signed for a much lower salary than he's earning now ($10 million). He turns 36 in March. (I think that'd be nice)
Question: How would a Shawn Bradley-Scot Pollard trade work out? It gives the Pacers a big man who blocks shots and could get some rebounds. (Phill from Brussels, Belgium)
Answer: The salaries don't match closely enough. Pollard will be paid $5.8 million this season and Bradley will receive $4 million.
Question: It seemed the Mavericks gave up very little to acquire Erick Dampier. Couldn't the Pacers put together a combination of players and/or picks that would have matched or been better than Dallas' offer? (Tim from Miami, Fla.)
Answer: The Pacers could have given the Warriors more talent than the Mavericks did, but Chris Mullin did not want long-term contracts. He received first-round draft picks and some cash. He took on Eduardo Najera's contract, which has four years remaining, but was able to unload Evan Eschmeyer's bloated contract in return. That trade was about economics for the Warriors.
Also, the Pacers were not willing to give Dampier a seven-year contract worth more than $70 million. They would have given him big money for fewer years, however.
Question: What do you think about the Pacers adding some bulk to their front line by signing Marcus Fizer? He was Jamaal Tinsley's teammate in college. Although he has not had the best career in the NBA thus far, on the right team (Pacers) he could add another big body and some much needed toughness to the frontline to match up with the likes of Detroit. (Patrick from Fishers, Ind.)
Answer: I regarded Fizer as an underrated player in Chicago. He always seemed to play well against the Pacers, at least. But he's a forward (6-8, 260), so it would be difficult to work him into the lineup. He's got one year left on a contract that will pay him $4.9 million this season, so he's certainly a tradeable player.
I'm guessing he'll get a lot of playing time with the Charlotte Bobcats, however, and they would be reluctant to trade him. He also has legal issues for carrying a handgun.


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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Popular searches on the Internet include Virgin Atlantic Airways as the airline has appointed a new CEO. Richard Branson's airline has appointed Craig Kreeger to the position; Kreeger comes from American Airlines, where he served as senior vice president. Kreeger will replace Steve Ridgway, who said this past September that he planned to retire. Ridgway has run Virgin Atlantic since 2001. Ridgway will assist Kreeger in his transition to CEO until the end of February. Kreeger will be taking over as the airline enters a new phase, having just come to an agreement with Delta Air Lines ( DAL) in which Delta will buy a 49% stake in the British carrier.
Sears Holdings Corp ( SHLD) is trending as the retailer announced that its CEO Louis D'Ambrosio will step down. D'Ambrosio, who is said to be leaving for family health reasons, will be replaced by Edward Lampert. Lampert will take on the position in addition to his current role as chairman. Lampert will take over as Sears faces a series of sales declines. The company has been focused on a turnaround over the past year, cutting costs, closing stores and selling off assets. While shares have risen over 47% over the past year, more store closures and cutbacks have already been announced.
Eurozzone is another popular search. The rate of unemployment in the region hit a new high in November -- with 113,000 people losing their jobs. Unemployment rose to 11.8%, or 18.82 million people, according to the EU's statistics office Eurostat.
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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- It's time for bank stock investors to look beyond the "cheap" and add some higher quality names to their portfolios. Some of the best bank stock money makers this year have been the names that were so lousy last year, and they still haven't made up what they lost. Bank of America ( BAC) is a great example, and, of course, a favorite punching bag. The company's shares were up 76% year-to-date as of Wednesday's close at $9.77, which is, of course, quite impressive. However, this year's stellar performance follows a 58% decline during 2011. The shares are actually down 26% since the end of 2010, and are down 74% over the past five years. Bank of America's shares trade for just Bank of America's shares trade for a low 0.7 times their reported Sept. 30 tangible book value of $13.48, and for 10 times the consensus 2013 earnings estimate of 97 cents a share, among analysts polled by Thomson Reuters. The consensus 2014 EPS estimate is $1.27. Stifel Nicolaus analyst Christopher Mutascio on Monday upgraded the shares to a "Buy" rating, saying that because of cost cuts, Bank of America will see much greater earnings growth in 2014 than the other money center banks. Another high flyer among stocks of the largest U.S. banks is Regions Financial ( RF) of Birmingham, Ala., with shares returning 54% year-to-date through Wednesday's close at $6.58. This year's recovery -- during a year of transition with Regions selling its Morgan Keegan subsidiary in the first quarter followed by a common equity raise and exit from the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP) in the second quarter -- follows a 38% decline for the stock in 2011. Shares of Regions are down 5% since the end of 2010, with a negative five-year total return of 68%. Shares Regions trade for 0.9 times their reported Sept. 30 tangible book value of $7.02, and for nine times the consensus 2013 EPS estimate of 77 cents. The consensus 2014 EPS estimate is 82 cents. Following the next round of Federal Reserve stress tests during the first quarter, long-suffering investors will be looking for a return of capital from the company. Credit Suisse analyst Craig Siegenthaler on Nov. 14 estimated that Regions will be approved by the Fed to raise its quarterly dividend to four cents from once cent, and to buy back $249 million worth of shares during 2013." Bank of America and Regions have been winding down certain areas of their business over the past few years, as they have navigated the credit crisis, and now face the industry-wide challenges of narrowing net interest margins and weak loan demand. Both trade at relatively low multiples, and may well see another year of outstanding returns next year. But bottom-fishing isn't for every investor. The three growing regional names that we profile below have seen positive total returns year-to-date, and for five years, through Wednesday's close. All have been steady earners and all are well-positioned for the difficult rate environment, with strong loan growth and two have strong or growing fee revenue. These names also trade at significantly higher valuations than Bank of America and Regions, however, you must pay a premium to own a growing business that is also growing earnings, and these names appear to have significantly lower downside than many of the big names, if the U.S. economy slips back into recession. Here are the three growing bank stocks for Black Friday, in order of ascending total assets:
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Hi, I'm looking for some help on forming a query to give me the following results:
Product Table:product_idproduct_name
Order Table:order_idproduct_idorder_amount
Could someone help writing this query please?
What do you have so far?
SELECT p.*, COUNT(1) AS sales FROM products AS p INNER JOIN orders AS o ON p.product_id = o.product_id GROUP BY p.product_id ORDER BY COUNT(1) DESC LIMIT 5;
just as a matter of basic query hygiene, one should ~never~ mix GROUP BY with the dreaded, evil "select star"
Does that still apply when you're selecting table.* from the table you're grouping on?
depends on whether you're grouping on the PK
if you're grouping on the PK and there are no other tables involved, then there's no need for a GROUP BY clause at all
if no other tables are involved and you're not grouping on the PK, chances are the "select star" leads to unpredictable output
if you're grouping on the PK and there are other tables involved, then they will be in a one-to-many or many(one)-to-one relationship with the table that has the PK you're grouping on, and in the latter case case there is no need for the GROUP BY, but in the former case it can lead to unmitigated disasters in unpredictable output
trust me, i've seen hundreds of cases where it's a disaster, and only a few where it all (fortuitously) works out okay
In my experience, I've never seen issues if you do something like
select table.*, ... other aggregate data ... from table, etc group by table.pk.
And I'm pretty certain you need the group by in this case if you're joining on another table. How would mysql implicitly know that you want to group your data?
implicitly? whoa, it's not ~that~ smart


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Miami has trouble guarding two types of players: a dominant post-up scorer and a penetrating quick PG. For three and a half quarters last week, Lamarcus Aldridge and Damien Lillard were absolutely killing them, but they ran out of gas at the end of the 5th game on a road trip.
We don't have the penetrating quick PG, but somehow, someway we have to get Roy to be a threat inside. Bosh does not want to guard anybody in the paint and Haslem is 6'8".


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This is the guess the points thread for the Pacer game vs. Minnesota on 10/19/2004
Game time is 7:00 PM
Full rules for the guess the score contest were last posted here, however here is the short version:
- The difference between your picks for each team and their real score is added together. That is your "off by". Lowest wins. You pick Pacers 90 Knicks 80. The real score is Knicks 95 Pacers 81. You are off by 24. (90-81) + (95-80).
- No contingency picks.
- The format of your post matters. See the full rules thread for details.
- Winner gets his name listed in the winners list.
This thread will be closed to guesses and all valid guesses posted at approximately 15 minutes before game time.
Good luck.
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2012: The year's top north county stories
Editor's note: This is part 2 of TWN's look back at the news that made headlines in 2012.
* Laytonville mother Anita Jackson, 25, dies of injuries sustained in a single-vehicle crash about four miles south of Laytonville.
* Brooktrails General Manager Mike Chapman announces he will resign at the end of September for family reasons. By September former manager Michael Phelan agrees to fill the post on a part-time interim basis while Brooktrails looks for a replacement for Chapman. By end of 2012, no permanent manager has been hired.
* A 29-month-old youngster, Abram Scott Perrill, drowns when he overturns his strider bike and lands in pond near his home on Hearst Willits Road.
* County supervisors confirm a planning commission's ruling to allow the Harris Quarry use permit.
Mendocino College issues bid requests to construct the Willits campus.
* The Willits Unified School District Board of Trustees votes to take no action on the issue of whether the Willits Elementary Charter School has the right to exempt itself from city zoning laws. The action is taken with the understanding that lawyers from both groups will return with a document for board approval that will provide immunity to the district from future legal challenges that might arise from actions taken by the charter school.
* With school out for the summer, bond-funded construction work moves ahead rapidly at Willits Unified School District school sites.
* William Samuel Nowlin, 42, of Willits, is killed in an ATV accident on private property just off Highway 101 north of the northernmost Ryan Creek Road exit.
* Rachel Belvin is crowned the 2012 Willits Frontier Days Sweetheart. Bud Garman Jr. is the Willits Frontier Days Heritage Award honoree. Art Cooley and Fred Barry are named as this year's Top Hands. The Willits Chamber of Commerce is the 2012 parade grand marshals. Rodeos, horse shows, a parade, the cutest cowboys and cowgirls, a truck pull, a water fight and street dances showcase the events.
* Noah Shin, 40, of Laytonville receives a 20-year prison sentence in the 2010 death of Timothy Burger, 21, of Sacramento. Shin sends his son, Burger and another man to rob a Laytonville neighbor at gunpoint of marijuana and money. Burger is shot by the homeowner.
* A fire that started July 7 rages out of control in Mendocino National Forest, sending plumes of smoke towards Willits prompting smoke advisories for area residents. The fire blackens 30,000 acres and is contained within two weeks.
* DeSilva Gates Construction partnered with Flatiron West Inc. is the low bidder for the Highway 101 bypass around Willits with a bid of $107.97 million. The engineer's estimate for the construction is $112 million. Mendocino County's Granite Construction comes in second with a bid of $113.3 million.
* Frank R. Howard Memorial Hospital announces it is consolidating billing and health information management to a new service center in Windsor to serve five area hospitals run by Adventist Health. This may result in the elimination or relocation of up to 12 local employees, plus 50 at the Ukiah Valley Medical Center.
* The Mendocino County Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund provides about $13,800 each to the Little Lake Fire District and Long Valley Fire District.
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I love web sites that use new technology and change the way we learn, connect, and share information. In the theme park webiverse there aren't a lot of cutting edge web 2.0 web sites. Even theme park blogs and podcasts are just really starting to take off in the amusement park community when both have been around for several years. So, I'm excited to see sites like Thrillator.
Like my defunct site Theme Park Syndicate (that fell victim to spam and security issues), Thrillator builds on the user-driven news site platform made popular by sites like Digg. So, users can submit, vote on, and discuss news items. In addition, theme park fans can share photos, videos, and even write reviews. I really hope Thrillator takes off. While there are a lot of great theme park web sites out there, Thrillator offers something a little more interactive. Visit Thrillator
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Like so many other fabric enthusiasts, I couldn't resist getting my hands on a few yards of Patty Young's newest release -Lush. This particular print is called "running stitch" and its divine! (I've already cut into the aqua - it was just screaming to be added into the pile of living room pillow fabric!) I think this fabric is a great "basic" for any stash, and the stitching print is just too much!
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I was meeting friends for brunch at Easton last Saturday and afterwards we decided to wander around West Elm which I've never stepped foot in before, although I've always admired their online store. The table linens sucked me in, and I was pleasantly surprised when these lovely napkins were on clearance for $1.75 each! They're 100% cotton and a bit larger than a FQ... score!
Fine... I also took home two pretty green cereal bowls that were just as good of a deal. I'm a bowl addict, I admit! They just make me happy.
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A FORMER resident of Gilwern, near Abergavenny, is hoping to get in touch with anyone who remembers the village in the 1930s and 40s.
George Evans, who has since moved to Pontypool, grew up in Twyn Wenallt and was a pupil at Gilwern school. He would like to hear from anyone who knew him including the Best and Goodfellow families.
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Store operator pleads guilty to food stamp fraud
A Buffalo man who operated a store in Lackawanna pleaded guilty to food stamp fraud, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced Monday.
Tofeek Albanna, 36, obtained more than $73,400 in fraudulent food stamp benefits at his store, LA Fashion, over a 16-month stretch, authorities said.
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Nearly 93 percent of the milk in the U.S. is below 400,000 somatic cell count (SCC), but none of our international trading partners see that. They see 750,000.
In April, the regulatory body that sets the SCC standard passed on a chance to change the legal limit from 750,000 to 400,000 cells/mL.
The National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments decision probably won't amount to much here in the U.S., since the dairy industry has already set higher standards for itself. But it could affect international markets.
Quality has improved
"Lower somatic cells are equated to higher quality," says Jamie Jonker, vice-president of scientific and regulatory affairs for the National Milk Producers Federation.
Every dairy producer knows that and most of them have taken steps to improve their milk quality.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture report, "Determining U.S. Milk Quality Using Bulk-tank Somatic Cell Counts, 2011," 92.7 percent of milk produced in the U.S. is below 400,000 cells/mL. If consumers want more quality, they'll find it in U.S. milk with 47.7 percent being at less than 200,000 cells/mL.
The report was released September 2012 and covers the entire year of 2011. A new report for 2012 will come out this September and is likely to show further improvements.
States at the plate
Besides initiatives at the producer and co-op level, several states have been proactive in moving their SCC towards 400,000 while, in turn, supplying the quality that milk buyers want.
Idaho and Washington have already moved the SCC limit to 400,000 for their herds in the past year. Nearby Oregon is trending in that direction with its standard moving to 500,000 last May.
Bob Naerebout, executive director of the Idaho Dairymen's Association, was a part of his state's move towards producing higher-quality milk. He even went before the Idaho State Legislature for approval of the rule.
He said it helped Idaho that their standard was already set at 500,000 in 2010, so the shift to 400,000 was not too drastic for producers.
The move for Idaho was made out of necessity to meet customers' demands both domestically and internationally.
"Idaho does export the vast majority of what we produce in dairy and finished products, if not in the U.S. then on the international market," says Naerebout.
Naerebout believes it is important for the national limit be moved and he is optimistic that will happen within the next few years.
Export challenge
"The U.S. is now a major exporting country for dairy products and the world has essentially settled on 400,000 as the appropriate regulatory threshold for somatic cell counts in milk," states Jonker. "And so, the U.S. is now an outlier in the global marketplace."
Having SCC at the present national level of 750,000 has presented problems when it comes time to market milk.
International competitors have sometimes pointed out to buyers that U.S. SCC standards aren't as tight as those of other suppliers, just to gain a competitive advantage, adds Alan Levitt, vice-president of communications for the U.S. Dairy Export Council.
With the SCC at current standards it presents a headache for producers and cooperatives that plan to export any of their products.
According to Jonker, it becomes more complicated and resource-intensive to obtain certification through the USDA, so that dairymen can meet the required attestations on export certificates for milk meeting the 400,000 limit.
It is short-sighted not to meet your potential customers' requirements of 400,000, Naerebout says. "It's important for us to recognize that we're an international market, so you have to go to what the customers in that international market want."
Positive statement needed
The National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments (NCIMS) has rejected a 400,000 standard eight times since 1997. It won't be until 2015 that NCIMS takes up the issue again, since the group only meets every other year.
It is important to remember that NCIMS is charged with protecting the safety of Grade A milk and other dairy products, so milk safety has been its main focus — not somatic cell count which is a milk-quality issue.
Still, many in the industry would like to make a positive statement.
"What we need is that national standard to tell the rest of the world that we are serious about being an important member in the international arena for dairy products," says Jonker.
Readers comment
The following comments came from an online piece written in April by editor Tom Quaife about the NCIMS ruling entitled, "Another missed opportunity to improve milk quality."
Mike from the Southeast stated, "I don't think the politicians punted, I think they made a good choice. Why not let the market dictate what the quality of milk is? Huge improvements have been made in the Southeast because customers demanded it, not because we increased regulation. Not everything that is positive for one region is positive for another region. I applaud this decision."
Patrick in Wisconsin says, "I agree that the SCC should be under 400,000. But in the smaller herds a single cow can, and often does wreak total havoc on quality. A farm could be producing high quality milk and then suddenly everything is out of control. Talk of letting the markets decide whether or not the quality should improve is a good thing to hear. The processor is the one who answers first to customer demands. Eventually those demands must be met by the producer. Foreign markets are a fact of life in this economy. We have to adapt."
Matt Jewart replied, "Land O'Lakes has already lowered their levels. Maryland and Virginia are following as are many others. Privately we are meeting the needs of exports. Those dairies that think they can't lower their SCC need to start figuring


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Yale's iconic Old Campus is where the university celebrates Commencement each year. Soaring 216 feet tall, Harkness Tower is home to the 54-bell Yale Memorial Carillon, which serenades passersby daily.
Adjacent to the Center for Engineering Innovation and Design, the Ground Cafe in Becton Hall serves up food and high-tech artistry, making it a good location for creative discussion and innovation.
Cross Campus is a great place to meet with friends to talk, study, or just soak up the sun.
Named in honor of former Yale men's ice hockey captains David S. Ingalls '20 and David S. Ingalls Jr. '56, the rink — known informally as the "Yale Whale" for its distinctive shape — was designed by famed architect Eero Saarinen '34 and built in 1959.
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SWINDON Robins' new signing Dakota North did not have to think twice when offered an emergency slot on Alun Rossiter's roster.
The highly-rated 22-year-old Aussie has been brought in after Nicolai Klindt was shown the door by the Abbey Stadium outfit after just five meetings into the new Elite League campaign.
North will make his debut against Easbourne Eagles at the Abbey on Thursday as Swindon hope to provide an immediate response to Good Friday's double-defeat at the hands of reigning champions Poole.
North holds a British passport and was available at short-notice having not originally expected to ride in Britain this year. He said when Robins' supremo Rossiter called he was more than happy to oblige.
"I like Rosco and the rest of the boys at Swindon, so it was a very easy decision to join," said North.
"I didn't have any plans to ride in England so I wasn't disappointed to not get a team place over here, but the opportunity for more meetings is only going to be good for me.
"Swindon is a good set-up and a nice track. I have always done okay there as an away rider and I'm confident I can improve by racing on it regularly. I don't set myself targets – I just want to do my part for the team.
"It sounds like they have been unlucky so far and let's hope I can help them pick up some better results."
North has previously ridden for Mildenhall, Newcastle, Somerset, Birmingham and Peterborough. He also successfully guested for the Robins back in 2012.
As a junior back in his native country North beat Darcy Ward to claim the 2007 Australian under 16 Championship.
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The video display comprises four screens in a row, displaying synchronized content of clips and images across the entire configuration. The video display is part of Tourneau's new store design, making the process of watch-shopping more inviting and interactive, departing from the traditional "behind the counter" client/sales relationship to a more personalized experience.
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Under the standards, if an eggplant pack is designated as mixed or specialty, it can contain more than one color or type of eggplant and receive a Fancy or No. 1 grade, said Dave Horner, a USDA standardization specialist.
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Continuing in our series of pieces on each country's ODI history, we go to Zimbabwe. From 1983 to 2012, Zimbabwe played 407 matches and won 107 with a win-loss ratio of 0.37. Their highest score is 351, lowest 35.
We present three lists – of players, batsmen and bowlers. The minimum qualification to be on these lists is to have played 50 matches. A match is considered in this system only when there is a result, and if the player has bowled or batted, as the case may be.
Here are the highest impact ODI players in Zimbabwe's history.
Andy Flower's name has been synonymous with Zimbabwean cricket over the years and it should not at all surprising to see him top this list as the highest impact player for Zimbabwe in their ODI cricket history. His measured approach at the crease and the calmness he portrayed throughout his career not only as a batsman but also as a wicket-keeper and later as a captain also makes him one of the highest impact ODI players from around the world. In fact, Andy Flower is the fifth-highest impact wicket-keeper batsman in the history of ODI cricket. His importance and contribution to the Zimbabwean cricket scene can also be understood from his 2 SDs – a terrific achievement considering Zimbabwe as a whole has had only 4 SD performances in their ODI history.
If it was Andy Flower who held Zimbabwe from the batting front, Heath Streak was most definitely his counterpart in the bowling department. He is the closest player in the entire Zimbabwean cricketing history to be regarded as an all-rounder (Both Batting and Bowling IMPACT over 1) and narrowly misses being regarded as one due to his Batting IMPACT falling short by a margin of 0.06. Nevertheless, his position as one of the legends of Zimbabwean cricket is quite obvious considering he is also the highest impact Zimbabwean bowler in their ODI cricket history. It is also interesting to note that his singular SD performance for Zimbabwe came as a batsman instead of a bowler and again goes on to show his all-round effectiveness for his country.
One of the most promising players of his generation, Tatenda Taibu deserved a lot more than what he finally achieved as a player for his country. In the starting days of his international career, Zimbabwean cricket was under a crisis due to their political reasons and even though he wasn't a victim directly, he had lost a lot of ground on garnering valuable experience and found himself captaining a second-string side at a tender age of 21. Given his circumstances though, Taibu performed remarkably well for his country and it is interesting to see him as the third-highest impact Zimbabwean player of all-time and the second-best wicket-keeper batsman for Zimbabwe after Andy Flower.
Grant Flower - the other part of the Flower duo, comes in at the 4th position on the list and is also the second-highest impact Zimbabwean batsman in the ODI format after his brother Andy. He was handy with his left-arm off-breaks as his Bowling IMPACT suggests and very narrowly misses out on being classified as an all-rounder. One of the mainstays of the Zimbabwean line-ups in the 90s, Grant Flower was criticised about under-performing continuously given the amount of talent he had and it is his failure rate as a player which distanced him from his brother as one of the greats in the ODI format. Nevertheless, he proved his worth from time to time for Zimbabwean cricket and can take solace in the form of being the highest capped player in the history of Zimbabwean ODI cricket history.
The only bowlers other than Heath Streak who make it to the list are Paul Strang and Eddo Brandes. Alistair Campbell, also makes it to the list primarily because he is the third-highest impact Zimbabwean batsman and also because of his singular SD.
Zimbabwe's rise as a competitive team in the 90's can also be understood from the fact that as many as 8 players on this list featured in the Zimbabwean team of that era. They managed to take the team to new heights and showed signs of promise entering the new millennium. However, as luck would have it, the majority of the team got disbanded due to reasons more political than sporting. The rebuilding process of this team never got realised and the presence of only one player from the present generation on this list (Brendan Taylor) is a pointer to that.
Unsurprisingly, it is Andy Flower who heads the list as the highest impact Zimbabwean batsman in their ODI history and his supremacy is pretty much evident by his impact in all the individual parameters. Out of the 6 individual batting parameters, he tops the list in four of them for Zimbabwe and in the two parameters that he misses out (Chasing IMPACT, Strike Rate IMPACT), he comes a close second. Throughout his career, he was burdened by the relative ineffectiveness of his fellow batsmen and it was more or less the responsibility of Andy Flower to carry the Zimbabweans under immense pressure — a point which can also be understood from the fact that he actually has the 5th -highest Pressure IMPACT for any batsman in the world and the highest for a wicket-keeper batsman. His 2 SDs for a country which has had only 4 SDs in total is also a testimony to his brilliance and maybe also gives an idea of the heights he could have reached as a player in an era where his team did not win many tournaments.
Both Grant Flower and Alistair Campbell in their respective time frames have been crucial cogs in the Zimbabwean batting wheel although the amount of talent they portrayed while batting did not always result in superlative performances for their team and it is maybe for this very reason that their names don't rate as highly as it should have been. Both of them have had more than a reasonable impact on their individual batting parameters (at par with some of the high impact batsmen in ODI history) but it is their consistency which has hurt them and their team more often than not. A failure rate of 53% and 57% for Flower and Campbell respectively, proves the point that they under-achieved to a great extent at the international level.
Brendan Taylor is the only player from the modern generation of Zimbabwean cricketers to feature on this list and even though his failure rate has been on the higher side (57%), he is still one of the most dependable Zimbabwean batsman in the current line-up and he incidentally also has the credit of having the highest batting impact performance (128 not out off 120 balls v New Zealand, Harare, 2011) by a Zimbabwean batsman in a match context in its history of ODI cricket. Presently, the captain of the ODI unit, his performances hold the key for the revival of Zimbabwean cricket and he is definitely one player to look out for in the future.
The stories that unfold on various batting parameters are revealing.
When it comes to Runs Tally IMPACT (proportion of match runs made through career), the highest impact batsmen are Andy Flower, Grant Flower and Alistair Campbell.
The highest Strike Rate IMPACT batsmen (highest strike rates relative to all the matches in their careers) are DL Houghton, Andy Flower and Brendan Taylor.
The best Pressure IMPACT batsmen (those who absorbed the most pressure that came about due to fall of wickets) are Andy Flower, Grant Flower and Brendan Taylor.
The batsmen with the highest Partnership Building IMPACT (who built the most partnerships in the middle) are Andy Flower, Grant Flower and Alistair Campbell.
The best Chasing IMPACT batsmen (who registered the highest impact while chasing a target) are Murray Goodwin, Grant Flower and Andy Flower.
The batsmen with the lowest failure rates (a failure is seen in this system as an inability to register an IMPACT of even 1 in a match) are Andy Flower, Grant Flower and Stuart Carlisle.
Top 3 Batting Innings (Series/tournament context):
1. Andy Flower – 73 off 104 v Pakistan, Harare, 1995 – Batting IMPACT 5.62
Going into this 3rd and final ODI encounter, trailing the series 0-1 against a Pakistani team they hadn't been able to defeat in their previous 8 encounters, Zimbabwe needed a source of inspiration especially from the batting front and they got it in the form of a resilient Andy Flower. Opening the batting, he managed to stave off the initial loss of his brother, Grant before guiding the rest of the Zimbabwean batting line-up to a score of 222 runs against a bowling attack comprising the likes of Wasim Akram and Aaqib Javed. In reply, Pakistan fell short by a margin of 74 runs to give Zimbabwe a share of the spoils.
2. Andy Flower – 81 off 86 v New Zealand, Auckland, 2001 – Batting IMPACT 4.90
Chasing 274 against New Zealand, Zimbabwe got off to a terrible start and were struggling at 14-2 when Andy Flower walked in at the crease. Soon, the situation worsened and the scorecard read 64-5 when Flower put together a partnership of 82 runs with Dirk Viljoen for the sixth wicket after which he perished himself, leaving Zimbabwe needing a further 94 runs to win with only three wickets in hand. As it turned out, Zimbabwe did eventually win the match and the series although it required a superlative batting performance from Heath Streak in the end.
3. Heath Streak – 79 not out off 67 v New Zealand, Auckland, 2001 – Batting IMPACT 4.81
Coming in at 146-6 with Zimbabwe still needing a further 128 runs for victory, Heath Streak's main role at the crease was to give the maximum possible strike to a well-set Andy Flower. However with Flower's dismissal and Zimbabwe needing 94 runs further, Streak moulded into an attacking approach knowing that only tail-enders were to follow him. He set-up a brilliant counter attack and alongwith Travis Friend stitched a crucial 69 runs 8th wicket partnership before finishing off the match in the penultimate over sharing a 19 runs unbeaten stand for the last wicket with Brian Murphy. The win also resulted in Zimbabwe's first ever ODI series victory in international cricket.
The above performances are within a series/tournament context. When it comes to a match context, Brendan Taylor's 128 not out off 120 balls v New Zealand (Harare, 2011) registers as the highest impact batting performance in the history of Zimbabwean ODI cricket. Grant Flower's unbeaten knock of 96 off 152 balls v England (Nottingham, 2003) and Andy Flower's 142 not out off 128 balls v England (Harare, 2001) are the second and the third highest impact batting performances in a match context, respectively.
Heath Streak, as expected, heads the list as the highest impact Zimbabwean bowler in their ODI history and tops three of the individual bowling parameters. Even though he doesn't have a single SD as a bowler it is his consistency (failure rate of only 39%) which sets him apart from the rest of his teammates.
Eddo Brandes makes it to the list as a result of him having the highest Pressure Building IMPACT amongst all the Zimbabwean bowlers whereas Paul Strang makes it on account of his superior Partnership Breaking IMPACT (highest for Zimbabwe).
Even though Ray Price hasn't been a prolific wicket-taker for Zimbabwe in the ODI format, it is his ability to stifle and choke the opposition which puts him on this list. His Economy IMPACT is the fourth-best for a spinner in the history of ODI cricket (after Muralitharan, Vettori and Harbhajan) and is by far the best for a Zimbabwean bowler.
The highest impact players in all bowling parameters are quite revealing.
When it comes to Top/Middle-order Wickets Tally IMPACT (wickets taken from nos. 1-7 in most cases), the highest impact bowlers are Heath Streak, Eddo Brandes and Douglas Hondo.
Lower-order Wickets Tally IMPACT (batsmen nos. 8-11) – highest impact bowlers are Heath Streak, Paul Strang and Gary Brent.
The highest Economy IMPACT bowlers (lowest economy rates relative to all the matches in their careers) are Ray Price, Andy Whittall and Prosper Utseya.
The highest impact Partnership-breaking bowlers are Paul Strang, Heath Streak and Grant Flower.
The bowlers with the highest Pressure Building IMPACT (taking quick wickets to put opposition under pressure) are Eddo Brandes, Paul Strang and Heath Streak.
The bowlers with the lowest failure rate (a failure is seen in this system as an inability to register an IMPACT of even 1 in a match) are Heath Streak, Ray Price and Paul Strang.
Zimbabwe, so far in their history of ODI cricket, hasn't had even one series-defining performance (SD) by a bowler. However, when it comes to a match context, Henry Olonga's 6-19 v England (Cape Town, 2000) registers as the highest impact bowling performance in the history of Zimbabwean ODI cricket. Heath Streak's 4-18 v Pakistan (Sharjah, 1997) and Paul Strang's 4-32 v Sri Lanka (Sharjah, 1998) are the second and the third-highest impact bowling performances in a match.
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THE massive success of Bolton's Ironkids event has prompted organisers to go national with the children's endurance feat.
Ironkids has more than double its entrants in just two years and is now a sell-out with 2,000 youngsters taking part, which makes it the biggest Ironkids event in the world.
Now, Ironman 70.3 Exmoor will introduce its inaugural Ironkids run on June 15 and Ironkids Wales has changed its format from a splash/run on the beach to a run in the heart of Tenby's town centre, with the kids finishing under the iconic IRONMAN finish arch.
Bolton's Ironkids event will take place on Jily 19.
Aimed at encouraging children to lead an active, positive and healthy lifestyle Ironkids events are open to children aged three to 14.
They are targeted at local youngsters to come and have a go as well as those whose parents are competing, so they too can feel part of the action of a World Class event.
The events have different distances depending on the child's age and each child will receive a special commemorative IRONKIDS T-shirt in their entry pack and a medal after completing their run to celebrate their achievement.
Kevin Stewart, managing director of Ironman UK and Ireland said, "We want to encourage as many kids as possible to come and experience an Ironman event. Hopefully their participation will give them a taste of the sport and inspire them to compete in triathlon in the future."
Entries are now open for all Ironkids events.
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£50million spent on Accrington in past eight years, figures reveal
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7:00pm Saturday 22nd February 2014
By Michael Morrison
ALMOST £50 million has been spent on transforming Accrington over the last eight years, new figures have revealed.
And despite heavy cuts handed down by central government, the council has announced plans to invest another £2 million to support the Woodnook regeneration project and to build another 100 new homes in West Accrington.
The council's general fund capital programme report said: "The housing market is beginning to show signs of recovery as the number of empty homes has reduced significantly and new house building starts to accelerate.
"We will continue to invest in West Accrington to support the on-going development of a much wider diversity of housing where a new planning consent is in place for a further 103 new high quality homes to be built by Keepmoat.
"This year we will also continue to support the regeneration of Woodnook and will invest over £2 million to support the £10 million plus private investment facilitated by our partner PlaceFirst to bring at least 150 empty homes back into use to a very high standard, providing a much enhanced housing offer and environment."
Demolition orders will be used to buy homes in Pendle Street that 'are in danger of collapse', the report added.
Deputy council leader and chair of the regeneration and housing panel, Coun Clare Pritchard, said the council is proud of its work in renovating empty homes in the borough and bringing them back into use.
The number of long-term empty houses Hyndburn is at an eight-year low, figures released under the Freedom of Information Act revealed.
In 2006, 2,309 homes were empty, compared to 2,189 last year - which accounts for almost six per cent of the borough's total housing stock.
Just five of the borough's 17 wards showed an increase in the number of empty homes between May 2012 and July 2013.
Coun Pritchard said: "We have been really proactive about empty homes. It's a mixture of carrot and stick.
"We penalise people for having empty properties by charging 150 per cent council tax, because quite a lot attract vandalism and anti-social behaviour. That seems to have worked.
"We are really proud of our record. We don't build as many new homes as other boroughs, but we are doing well with empty homes."
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