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December 3, 2010
Ahead in the Count
Home Sweet Home Advantage
When I wrote my five-part series on home-field advantage in 2009, I noticed that it had been steady at about 54 percent for over half a century. It was 53.9 percent in the 1950s, 54.0 percent in the '60s, 53.8 percent in the '70s, 54.1 percent in the '80s, 53.5 percent in the '90s, and 54.2 percent in the 2000s. However, in the last three years, we have seen home teams win 55.5 percent of the 7,288 games played, a very statistically significant difference. Does this suggest that a large change has actually taken place, or is it just a coincidence? If a change has taken place, what is causing it?
You can start to notice how different 2008-10 look compared to other years from this table, but since the year-to-year fluctuations are very large even within one year, let's look at the table again in three-year bursts. This will give a more clear sense of how abnormal the last three years are.
The important takeaway is that even though we see some pretty large fluctuations prior to World War II, there is a very steady home-field advantage in recent years that has barely moved until recently when it flirted with jumping in 2006 and then really took a big stride forward in 2008, and no three-year period since 1944-46 has had a home-field advantage this large, so the results seem to suggest something may be happening.
Home-field advantage for the average team has historically been about 8.0 percent (54%-46%), but 23 of 30 teams have larger home-field advantages than that in the last three years.
One of the major trends in ballparks came in 1992 when the Orioles built Camden Yards. This quirky stadium became a template for many other new "mallpark" stadiums built since then, each with their own idiosyncrasies. Since we know that quirks can cause extra home-field advantage, perhaps teams are beginning to exploit this more in recent years. While this may be a feeble theory, it is worth noting that the correlation between having a stadium built since Camden Yards was built has a .19 correlation with home-field advantage over the last three years. The older stadiums such as Wrigley Field, Angel Stadium, and Kauffman Stadium all are home to teams among the bottom six in home-field advantage, while the only one in the top 10 is that decidedly quirky Fenway Park. It is difficult to say for sure that this is the cause, but if this is more than a fluke, my best guess is that teams are learning to take advantage of their quirky stadiums.
What do you think? Is this a real change? If so, what else could be causing it?
Matt Swartz is an author of Baseball Prospectus.
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On the one hand, if you remove Fenway from the equation (which certainly qualifies as "quirky", which is what we're looking for in stadiums built since Camden) the correlation jumps to 0.26, but on the other hand there are only 7 data points that qualify as "Not built since Camden" which might be too small to mean anything. For example, Having the word "Stadium" in the name of your stadium has 6 qualifying data points and a strong negative correlation of 0.42, but I'm pretty sure the fact is irrelevant.
Dec 03, 2010 07:11 AM
Also FWIW, the three sets of data starting at 1976 and ending at 1978 show a similar variance as 2006-2008 (heck, they're even right next to each other in the table), but jumps back down to a more expected level in 1979, so at the very least, this kind of shift (for this amount of time anyway) isn't unprecedented.
Dec 03, 2010 07:15 AM
Yeah 1978-80 at 55.2% was as close as it got, but no three year period had 55.5%, so it's slightly unprecedented. And it is significantly different from the 1950-2010 average at the 99% confidence level. It's just that it still could be a coincidence, and I think that's still the most likely explanation. I think after 2011 and 2012, we'll have a better sense of this.
Dec 03, 2010 07:23 AM
Yeah, I agree that it's not a very relevant correlation given the sample size. I only thought to look at it because of what I learned about the ratio of triples/doubles for home teams, and how stadium quirks would seem to exacerbate those type of difficulties on the road.
Dec 03, 2010 07:20 AM
What about cheating? A number of teams have been detected (or accused with reasonable proof) of reading the catcher's signs through some in-park technology and relaying the information to batters. That's a lot harder to do on the road.
Dec 03, 2010 08:10 AM
Maybe, but this seemed to be an improvement across the board, so I doubt it. It seems like a lot to be explained by cheating anyway-- even if every team stole signs and swapped out balls every single game they played, would it really change the outcome of 1.5% of games? Now suppose that only half the teams did it and only half the time-- still a lot of cheating-- would that 6% of games from losses to wins?
Dec 03, 2010 08:44 AM
Is it possible that teams are just getting better at building their rosters to maximize the attributes of their ballpark? Its anecdotal but as a west coast fan it sure seems that the Giants, A's, and Padres are all striving to field teams with more athletism to cover the large outfields in their home parks. Similarly teams with large ball parks have the luxury of buying low on fly ball pitchers.
Dec 03, 2010 08:15 AM
You know, I was looking for this effect a year or so ago, and it seemed like rosters were just built very poorly for their parks. But maybe that is starting to change more. That's probably just as likely as the quirky stadium effect, come to think of it. Worth looking at-- I just need to think about methodology because that's a tricky question to ask the data.
Dec 03, 2010 08:45 AM
Ben Solow
Do you think you could use the availability of high quality spray chart type data as an instrument for roster optimization? I don't know how long this has been available to teams, but it seems that it's only been available to the public recently. In order to do an Angrist-Imbens-Rubin style IV analysis, though, you'd need for some teams to have access to the data sooner than others. Not sure whether or not that's the case, but at least that's a question that can be answered. If so, you could use a difference-in-difference strategy to identify the effect.
Dec 05, 2010 21:47 PM
Could the increasing disparity between hitters and pitchers parks be a factor. Seems like we have less "neutral" parks than in the past.
Dec 03, 2010 09:40 AM
Hmm...I know that I tried to look at whether hitter's or pitcher's park would trend towards larger or smaller HFAs, but found virtually no difference though maybe a small tendency towards pitcher's parks. I'm not sure that I even thought about checking extreme vs. neutral parks...worth looking into also, thanks.
Dec 03, 2010 10:52 AM
Is anyone else reading this familiar with Xbar and R control charts? A pretty good description is here:
Dec 03, 2010 13:14 PM
So if I understand what you're saying, Dan Fox joins the Pirates, and three years later we realize that during his tenure with the team they possess the highest home field advantage in MLB?
Dec 03, 2010 15:10 PM
The flip side of this (and no, I'm not blaming Dan...) is that the Pirates' epic ineptness on the road is responsible for a significant fraction of the observed effect all by itself, since that affects not just their own splits but their opponents'. How many other teams in the last fifty years have had a split that big? I'm curious.
Dec 05, 2010 09:38 AM
Great piece, Matt.
Dec 03, 2010 20:45 PM
Mike M
I'm not sure I buy the conclusion that there's significant evidence of a change in park effect in these data. I did a very simple Z score analysis, using both the full data set and running 20-year samples. By both measures, there's not been a Z score over 2.0 since 1978. And over the full 111-year history of these data, only two years in which the 20-year Z falls outside the +/-2 band (1948 as well as 1978) and just 8 using the mean & std deviation for the whole (most before 1932). And this despite a relatively steady decline in the 20-year standard deviation throughout.
Dec 04, 2010 07:58 AM
Z-score analysis on one-year samples requires a 56% Home-Field Advantage (up from 54%) to show up as statistically significant. There simply are not enough games in one season to confirm a switch to 55-55.5% Home-Field Advantage either way, so you will always discover no effect. It seems that you also may have used the standard deviation of the data, which is not the way to analyze this at all. We don't need sample standard deviation-- this is a binary variable. The standard deviation is sqrt(p*(1-p)/n) in any set of n games with a HFA of p. I think that using 3 years is going to be the best way to look at this, since we're asking about the last 3 years, and it's worth looking at 4 or 5 (like I did in the article) just to check if I'm cherry-picking data. You also would have found a significance in the 8-year period of 2003-2010 had you used the correct standard deviation formula rather than the sample standard deviation.
Dec 04, 2010 13:17 PM
At the start of the article, you say the likelihood of such a high home field advantage being random variation is 1-2% depending what you measure. At the end, you say you're skeptical that a change has taken place. Are you saying you don't trust the numbers?
Dec 05, 2010 14:17 PM
What I'm basically saying is that a 1% chance of such an extreme three-year period happening by random chance is still a chance, and that I'd bet this is just a fluke. I'm not saying I don't trust the numbers-- I calculated them myself. I'm saying that there's still a chance that it was a random fluctuation, and that I'm guessing that's what it will end up being. I'm sure that there is some hitter who is hitting over .500 in Tuesday day games, despite how improbable that is, and I don't think he's actually an over .500 hitter. But 1% of hitters will be 2.5 standard deviations above their true talent level in Tuesday day games, which would yield false positives. That's my best guess about what's happening here, but I'm very unsure.
Dec 05, 2010 16:56 PM
Even if the observed .550 is significantly different from .540, that does not mean that the true level is now .550. It just means that it's above .540. It could now be a true .541. After all, if you make the baseline .545, an observed .550 is no longer statistically significant, and therefore, we have to accept .545 to still be the true.
Dec 05, 2010 19:08 PM
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WALES have been handed a chilling warning ahead of tonight's Test at the Millennium Stadium – this time Samoa are really ready for you.
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Jamie Blackband, an 18-year-old GHS senior, received news last month that he scored the highest mark on an English Language Cambridge International Examination.
When exams at the end of the year go well, some students say they feel "on top of the world." But one Gainesville High School student can claim he is "Top in the World."
Jamie Blackband, an 18-year-old GHS senior, received news last month that he scored the highest mark possible on an English Language Cambridge International Examination.
The Cambridge program offers tests for different subjects, but this particular exam requires students to write four essays in two days, according to an email from Bunnie James, the Cambridge Program coordinator at GHS.
Principal David Shelnutt said the exam gives students different levels of recognition, ranging from "Top in the Country" to "Top in the World," depending on how many points they score.
Shelnutt said this is the second year in a row a student from the school's Advanced International Cambridge magnet program has earned "Top in the World" status, but the number of scholars recognized from GHS continues to grow.
Blackband said these accomplishments reflect the school's excellent English program. Two of his teachers, Tiffany Drew and Kathleen Solito, inspired him to sit down, think critically and care about each assignment, he said. He recalls writing 32 essays in Solito's class in 11th grade.
Blackband's mother, Katherine Blackband, 52, said she remembers her son came home from school very excited after the exam. He told her how invested he was in the second essay, in which he was asked to contrast two characters who met in a carriage.
She said it was unusual to hear he had fun taking a test, and her son agreed.
"It's very rare that that happens," he said. "I remember feeling really happy after I had written the essay. It's nice to be able to have a break and write something creative for a test rather than having to worry about using academic language. I was able to let my voice come out."
Blackband and his family said that when they were notified that he had earned the "Top in the World" mark, they were all a little surprised.
"I've never considered myself a writer," he said. "But when I learned about my score, I rethought how much I enjoyed English. I realized it probably is my strongest subject."
Beyond improved verbal ability, analytical writing and organizational skills, Blackband insists he gained more than an impressive title.
"The Cambridge curriculum as a whole is oriented around creating better-thinking people," he said. "It's really helped me to become a creative, inventive, tolerable and well-balanced human being."
Blackband said he will utilize these skills when he attends the Florida State University College of Motion Picture Arts and later in his career, when he hopes to pursue directing. Like English, he discovered his enthusiasm for film at GHS when a counselor learned he experimented with stop motion animation and recommended he join the school's TV production class.
Since then, his love for the arts has flourished. He has been active in his school's drama program, including a performance in "Sweeney Todd" as the lead role, he writes music and frequently plays the guitar and ukulele.
But his true calling is behind the camera, he said.
"It was right from the start," he said. "I don't really have a choice. It's what I want to do, it's what I'm good at doing, it's something I'm passionate about."
He attributes his exploration of this interest to Antonio Martinez-Malo, his TV production teacher of four years. Malo, whom Blackband considers a role model, friend and mentor of life lessons, allowed his students to take creative risks.
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Last weekend brought me and the Saturn Sisters to South Hampton where we read cards and whipped out astrology charts for festival goers. The Festival took place on the Shinnecock Reservation. I'm still grounding myself from that one but we met some incredible people and got to see Patti Smith perform her magic up close. Now I have a few things to say about the land and well about artists in general. Being on the reservation was incredibly intense for me. Being part Native American it's really hard to look at young girls in bikini tops and cut offs wearing a headdress on their heads. It's incredibly sad trying to talk to them and realizing they have no idea that the streets and towns are Native American words or how the land reserved for the Native American's gets smaller and smaller as time goes on.
As someone who grew up understanding that land was more than a piece of property it was a little odd walking onto a reservation and seeing the grass detroyed by vehicles parked on the "lawn". But our booth was lovely and our hostess was absolutely stunning, a beautiful person inside and out. "I like to pick pieces by designers that understand nature." she tells me, and I know we've picked the right person to share a booth with. Bahar you are a force of nature.
The girls and I took a few walks around and scoped out the area. Mark Krawczuk from The Night Market was there as well as the ever lovely Juliette Campbell who we all know from Shanghai Mermaid. It's nice to go to a festival and run into friends and other creatives.
That first night the magical Patti Smith took the stage, ranting about NY and bring a much needed boost to the festival itself. Note to anyone on the festival circuit: Friday's are always rough. The mood shifted, the air swirled. I was texting Sxip throughout the show, giving him a play by play of the songs and who they were dedicated to. Patti on stage took control, stopping time to take a breath. "This next song is dedicated to the land spirits." and went into "Ghost Dance". The entire show was dedicated to the dead, dedicated to taking back the country that is being destroyed and understanding that we have the power to do so. I told Sherene and Stefanie. "She's healing the land here. Musicians, artists, writers, and healers, the land so desperately needs us right now. We are the ones healing it." And with that Patti recited parts of Ginsburgs "Howl". I texted Sxip, "She's got me in tears again dedicating this one to Amy Winehouse. She's channeling bigtime. So fricken powerful."
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We came back to the hotel and found out the US credit score had dropped. Tired and emotional we stayed up and talked astrology, music, and art. I excused myself and took a bath. letting warm water and salt run over me. I put on an amulet a very special person had given to me and held it close against my chest. I just need to sleep. And I did.
Sherene and I took this at the hotel pool the next morning. The energy had lifted and I had promised that before I set foot on the grounds I would ask the land spirits for a sign we should stay. We headed off to breakfast in the adorable town and took a quick 5 minutes at the beach where I said hello to the horizon. Upon getting to the grounds I had already gotten my sign. A reading was waiting for me as I got there. And from then on it was client after client all amazingly beautiful people who I am so thankful to have gotten to known even if just for 10-15 minutes.
I took a break to walk through the grounds again, this time being lead deep into the forest where a melody was calling to me. Of course this melody was from the one and only Gamelatron. If you have never heard the Gamelatron I suggest you do, it's melodies are healing and draw me away from crowds and into that magic space. My friend Aaron "Taylor" Kuffner created it and it's one of the most beautiful awe inspiring creations I've seen in a long time. I can't express how much I love it and him.
Later in the day a woman stopped me. "I'm not sure why I'm doing this but this belongs to you." She handed me a red rose. I smile. I do.


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Back on the trail with Joe Biden
Vice President Joe Biden is back on the campaign trail this week, and he's headed to New Hampshire to talk about the Buffett Rule and the need for a fairer tax code.
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As wood furniture makers, we know that in order to keep our craft alive, we've got to be active participants in sustainable forestry. We support non-profit groups like The Vermont Center for EcoStudios that work in conserving Vermont's forests and wildlife. We're also concerned with rainforest conservation which is a major part of our mission at Vermont Woods Studios.
Soon we'll be working with the Eco Preservation Society, a non-profit dedicated to wildlife conservation and reforestation in Costa Rica and elsewhere around the globe.
We're excited about this partnership and will write more in the following days. Eco Preservation Society shares our passion for conservation, education and reforestation. We admire the work they're doing and are looking forward to visiting and volunteering at one of their research and reforestation projects in Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica.
These are Costa Rican squirrel monkeys or mono titi. They are highly endangered due to habitat destruction and the Eco Preservation Society is trying to save the species. We'll be volunteering on the project and will write about it when we're down there. Stay tuned!
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Therapy for Reading Problems in Adults After Brain Injury
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|Dyslexia, Acquired Brain Injuries Cerebrovascular Accident
|Behavioral: Cognitive Therapy to Improve Reading
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Cognitively-based Treatments of Acquired Dyslexias
- Improved accuracy and/or speed of reading individual words aloud.
- Improved accuracy and/or speed of reading text aloud.
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|Study Start Date:
|August 2002
|Study Completion Date:
|July 2007
|Primary Completion Date:
|July 2007 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Acquired disorders of reading (acquired dyslexia) are common in patients with aphasia subsequent to left hemisphere stroke. Even when language functions recover sufficiently to enable the patient to return to work, continuing dyslexia often interferes significantly with job performance. This study will evaluate cognitive therapies for the treatment of acquired dyslexia.
Each therapy is based upon a cognitive neuropsychological model of reading; the therapies target specific types of reading deficit and stem from the question of re-learning versus re-organization of function. The therapies focus on dyslexic disorders stemming from the following underlying deficits: 1) impaired access to the orthographic word form from the visual modality (pure alexia); 2) impaired orthographic/phonologic connections (phonologic/deep dyslexia); and 3) decreased ability to hold phonologic codes in memory (phonologic text alexia).
Participants in this study will undergo a comprehensive and detailed battery of reading and reading-related tests to determine the underlying impairment causing the reading deficit. Based upon the results of these tests, the patient's dyslexic disorder will be characterized and, if appropriate, the patient will be assigned to one of the treatment programs devised specifically for that type of deficit. Treatment programs are evaluated for efficacy by comparing the accuracy and speed of reading pre- and post-treatment.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria
- Reading deficit subsequent to stroke, traumatic brain injury, brain surgery, or other brain damage
- Ability to attend 2-3 sessions per week for several months at Georgetown University in Washington, DC
Exclusion Criteria
- History of developmental dyslexia or learning disabilities
- Best corrected vision less than 20/40
- Less than 10 years of formal education
- Significant memory or comprehension problems
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00064805
|United States, District of Columbia
|Georgetown University Medical Center
|Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 20057
|Principal Investigator:
|Rhonda B. Friedman, Ph.D.
|Georgetown University Medical School
Additional Information:
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00064805 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
R01HD036019 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|Study First Received:
|July 14, 2003
|Last Updated:
|August 13, 2014
Keywords provided by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD):
Cognitive therapy
Aphasia therapy
Acquired dyslexia
Phonological deficits
Orthographic deficits
Brain disorders
Brain injury
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Wounds and Injuries
Brain Injuries
Dyslexia, Acquired
Brain Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Craniocerebral Trauma
Trauma, Nervous System
Cerebrovascular Disorders
Vascular Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Language Disorders
Communication Disorders
Neurobehavioral Manifestations
Neurologic Manifestations
Learning Disorders
Signs and Symptoms
Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Mental Disorders
Neurocognitive Disorders
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– Brad Maddox wrestled at Tuesday's WWE RAW live event from Nottingham, England. He lost to Michael McGillicutty.
– John Cena and Alberto Del Rio vs. Ryback and Dolph Ziggler is advertised for the May 27th RAW in Calgary. Randy Orton, Sheamus and Del Rio vs. Mark Henry, Big Show and Jack Swagger is advertised for the SmackDown tapings in Edmonton the next night.
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Finavera Wind Energy Inc. has signed an agreement to sell a 300 MW British Columbia wind project portfolio to Pattern Renewable Holdings Canada ULC, a subsidiary of Pattern Energy Group LP, for C$40 million.
Finavera will maintain a 10% interest in the 105 MW Cloosh Valley Wind Project and is expecting an additional C$9.3 million payment from the project in 2013.
Under the terms of the agreement, Pattern has agreed to refinance up to C$9 million of corporate debt, fund certain development costs going forward and provide a further debt facility to the company at a rate of 10%, all of which will be applied against the purchase price at closing of the acquisition of the projects.
Post-acquisition, Pattern has also committed to development spending on the near-term projects. Approximately C$11 million will be paid to Finavera upon shareholder approval. The agreement is subject to approval from shareholders and the TSX Venture Exchange.


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Copano Bay Fishing Pier Management Transfer Planned
FULTON, Texas — Ownership and management of the Copano Bay Causeway State Fishing Pier is expected to transfer from Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to Aransas County Navigation District No. 1 this fall, a move expected to have little immediate affect on the visiting public.
The department's State Parks Division has operated the fishing pier since 1967, after it was transferred to TPWD from the predecessor of today's Texas Department of Transportation. The pier is actually the remnants of the old causeway bridge over the bay. After a hurricane damaged the causeway, the swing bridge in the middle was never replaced, leaving two sections of causeway sticking out into the bay. These later became the state fishing pier, in effect two piers, the 6,190-foot north pier and the 2,500-foot-long south pier. Two bait and tackle shops, one on either pier, have been operated as a leased concession by Danny Adams of Rockport since the piers opened as a public park.
The current transfer has been in the works for almost two years. It is one of the outcomes of HB 2108, a bill passed by the Texas Legislature several years ago that provides a process to transfer operation of state park sites that would be more appropriately managed by local entities. At the time, TPWD sent letters to local governments seeking possible transfer partners. The navigation district contacted the department in early 2004 about the possibility of transferring the pier.
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20 September 2012
Detroit's win coupled with Chicago's loss on Wednesday night meant a sizeable uptick in the Tigers' chances to earn a spot in the postseason festivities. Two games back with 14 games to play is still a large gap, but it's one that isn't impossible to bridge. We could all feel that the goal of a Division Crown was more attainable after last night, but Cool Standings and Baseball Prospectus put numbers on it.
According to Cool Standings, the Tigers have a 30.7% chance of making the playoffs (broken down that's a 27.2% chance of winning the division and a 3.6% chance of a Wild Card berth). That's up nearly ten full percentage points from a day ago. So pretty much this: flip a coin twice. Did you get two heads? If so, the Tigers are going to win the division. Didn't get two heads? Well there's still about a 5% chance they get in anyway.
Baseball Prospectus is slightly more bullish on the Tigers' chances for October. According to their playoff odds report, Detroit has a 34.9% chance of playing postseason baseball (29.4% to win the division and 5.5% for a Wild Card spot). Yesterday's results meant a boost of just over 11% to the Tigers' overall playoff odds. Roll a die. Did you get a one or a two? Then the Tigers are playing extra baseball. Did you get a three or higher? Well then, hopefully 2013 is a good year.Should the Tigers pick up another game on Chicago today I would expect their playoff odds to jump another 10-15 percentage points giving them near-even money odds to reach the playoffs.
Scoreboard watching:
Tigers vs. Athletics, 1:05 PM – Tommy Milone (3.81 ERA) vs. Anibal Sanchez (4.19 ERA in the AL)
White Sox vs. Royals, 8:05 PM – Francisco Liriano (5.24 ERA) vs. Jeremy Guthrie (3.13 ERA in the AL)
Matt Snyder writes about Baseball, Football, and College Basketball. He can be found online as the creator and editor of Forever Faithful, the editor of The Tigers Den, a contributor to Call To The Pen, and a contributor to SideLion Report. He can be reached on Twitter @snyder_matthew.


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Chick-fil-A Leadercast 2011 - MVNU Newark
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Friday, May 6, 2011 from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM (EDT)
Bringing together today's top thinkers, authors, and experts in leadership, the Chick-fil-A Leadercast will be broadcast live from Atlanta, GA on Friday, May 6, 2011. It will serve as a resource to empower local leaders and become a hub for leadership development. Coming from diverse backgrounds, industries and experiences, the Chick-fil-A Leadercast speakers offer remarkably candid teachings and highly practical ways to grow professionally and personally. Read more...
Speakers include:
Seth Godin, world-renowned blogger, marketing expert and author of "Linchpin"
Robin Roberts, anchor of Emmy-winning "Good Morning America"
John Maxwell, leadership expert and best-selling author
Dave Ramsey, best-selling author and nationally syndicated radio personality
Sir Ken Robinson, author/leader in creativity, human resources and innovation
Dan Cathy, president and COO of Chick-fil-A, Inc.
Muhtar Kent, chairman of the board and CEO of The Coca-Cola Company
Suzy Welch, best-selling author, TV commentator and business journalist
Mack Brown, head coach of the 2005 National Champion Texas Longhorns and 2009 Big 12 Coach of the Year
Erin Gruwell, founder of Freedom Writers Foundation and subject of the film "Freedom Writers"
Frans Johansson, best-selling author of "The Medici Effect"
Mount Vernon Nazarene University is a private, four-year, intentionally Christian teaching university for traditional age students, graduate students and working adults. With a 400-acre main campus in Mount Vernon, Ohio, and four additional satellite Graduate and Professional Studies sites throughout the state, MVNU emphasizes academic excellence, spiritual growth and service to community and church. MVNU offers and affordable education to more than 2,500 students from 26 states and seven countries/U.S. territories.
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Braves eye Tuesday return for Simmons
ATLANTA -- Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez is hopeful shortstop Andrelton Simmons will return to the lineup on Tuesday against the Dodgers. Simmons has been sidelined since spraining his left ankle this past Tuesday.
"He's getting better, he's progressing," Gonzalez said. "We'll keep doing the same thing that we're doing, and maybe by Tuesday we can get him in a game."
Gonzalez said Friday that he wanted to avoid the disabled list for Simmons, whose left ankle was wrapped in tape one day after he was wearing an air cast. Simmons reported feeling better on Friday and has not had a setback since then.
"I don't know exactly what the treatments are, the difference between the air cast and the wrap and the heat," Gonzalez said. "Every time I look in there, he's got a different contraption on his leg, but at the very least, he's getting better."
Mark Bowman is a reporter for MLB.com. Joe Morgan is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Three-day, In-clinic Evaluation of the BD 2nd Generation Continuous Glucose Sensor Device in Type 1 Diabetics
This study has been completed.
Becton, Dickinson and Company
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First received: July 13, 2012
Last updated: April 19, 2013
Last verified: April 2013
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Detailed Description:
The purpose of this study is to investigate the accuracy and performance of a new subcutaneous continuous glucose monitor (BD-CGM, Becton Dickinson) in hyperglycemic (high blood sugar) and hypoglycemic (low blood sugar) "clamp" conditions and during meal excursions over the course of 72 hours as compared to a commercially available monitor.
|Device: BD CGM with Outer Layer Device: BD CGM without Outer Layer Device: Medtronic iPro2 Professional CGM
|Phase 1 Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Factorial Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Basic Science
|Official Title:
|Three-day, In-clinic, Clamp Evaluation of the BD 2nd Generation Continuous Glucose Sensor in Subjects With Type 1 Diabetes
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- Blood Glucose [ Time Frame: 72 hours ]Blood glucose will be measured by the BD-Continuous Glucose Monitor, with and without outer layer, the commercially available Medtronic iPro2 and the YSI (Yellow Springs Instrument) Glucose analyzer (control) for 72 hours. Blood glucose will be used to determine performance characteristics to include warm up behavior, lag time and accuracy over 72 hours
- Number of participants with adverse events [ Time Frame: up to 89 days or until the subject is discharged ]At each study contact, subjects will be questioned about any adverse events that may have occurred
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Skin Effects-Draize Scoring for Skin Irritation [ Time Frame: Up to 36 days ]Local reaction at insertion sites will be scored for redness and swelling at the following timepoints: Visit 2-pre-insertion of devices, immediately post insertion of the devices, each morning of Day 1, 2 and 3, immediately after removal of the devices and at Visit 3.
- Skin thickness using ultrasound [ Time Frame: Upon removal of the devices ]Skin thickness will be measured at the sensor sites and a control site (on the abdomen) immediately after removal of the device.
- Insulin levels [ Time Frame: 72 hours ]Blood samples will be taken at pre-determined times following insulin dosings to test for insulin levels:
- antibodies against the glucose binding protein [ Time Frame: 36 days ]A blood sample will be taken at the beginning of Visit 2 and at Visit 3 to test for antibody production following exposure to the sensor's glucose binding protein.
|Study Start Date:
|June 2012
|Study Completion Date:
|September 2012
|Primary Completion Date:
|September 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: BD Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM) with outer layer
A subcutaneous glucose binding protein sensing device to continuously monitor glucose in diabetics.
Device: BD CGM with Outer Layer
continuous (every 2 minutes) subcutaneous glucose monitoring for 72 hours.
Experimental: BD CGM without outer layer
A continuous glucose binding protein sensing device used to monitor glucose in Diabetics
Device: BD CGM without Outer Layer
continuous (every 2 minutes) subcutaneous glucose monitoring over 72 hours.
Active Comparator: Medtronic iPro 2 Professional CGM
Commercial glucose oxidase continuous glucose monitor
Device: Medtronic iPro2 Professional CGM
continuous subcutaneous glucose monitoring for 72 hours
Detailed Description:
This is a single site, non-randomized study. The study consists of a Screening Visit (Visit 1) during which the subject will be consented and the inclusion exclusion criteria confirmed. An interventional visit (Visit 2)which consists of a 72 hour in-clinic stay and a Follow-up Visit (Visit 3). Subjects eligible for the study will be admitted to the clinic for the Study Visit 2 in the afternoon on the day before the first Clamp is performed. An IV line for blood sampling will be established. One blood sample will be obtained for glucose determination and a second blood sample will be collected for immunoassay development before any sensors are inserted. Two BD-Glucose Binding Protein-Continuous Glucose Monitor Sensors(BD-GBP-CGM), with and without outer layer, and one commercial CGM sensor will be inserted in the subcutaneous tissue in the abdomen shortly thereafter. Blood sampling intervals will be adjusted over the 3 study days as determined by the study event (i.e. clamp period, meal excursion, nighttime). During the hyper- /hypo-glycemic clamps periods on Day 1 and Day 3 blood samples will be taken more frequently, every 5-10 minutes. During the breakfast meal on Day 2 sampling will occur at 10-15 minute intervals for 4 hours to capture the meal excursion. Sampling will be less frequent during the evening meal and at night during sleep hours.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 65 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Clinical diagnosis of type 1 diabetes mellitus for ≥1 year. For an individual to be enrolled at least one criterion from each list must be met.
Criteria for documented hyperglycemia (at least 1 must be met):
- Fasting glucose ≥ 7 mmol/L [126 mg/dL] - confirmed
- Two-hour OGTT (oral glucose tolerance test) glucose ≥ 11.1 mmol/L [200 mg/dL] - confirmed
- HbA1c ≥6.5% documented - confirmed
- Random glucose ≥ 11.1 mmol/L [200 mg/dL] with symptoms
- No data at diagnosis is available but the participant has a convincing history of hyperglycemia consistent with diabetes
Criteria for requiring insulin at diagnosis (1 must be met):
- Participant required insulin at diagnosis and continually thereafter
- Participant did not start insulin at diagnosis but upon investigator review likely needed insulin (significant hyperglycemia that did not respond to oral agents) and did require insulin eventually and used continually
- Participant did not start insulin at diagnosis but continued to be hyperglycemic, had positive islet cell antibodies - consistent with latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA) and did require insulin eventually and used continually
- Signed informed consent
- Age ≥18 and ≤65 years old
- Body mass index between 19 and 35 kg/m2, inclusive
- HbA1c ≤ 10.0%
Exclusion Criteria:
- Uncontrolled arterial hypertension (diastolic blood pressure > 90 mm Hg and/or systolic blood pressure > 160 mm Hg)
- Impaired hepatic function measured as alanine aminotransferase or aspartate aminotransferase ≥ three times the upper reference limit
- Impaired renal function measured as creatinine > 1.2 times above the upper limit of normal
- Diabetic ketoacidosis in the past 6 months
- Severe hypoglycemia resulting in a seizure or loss of consciousness in the 6 months prior to enrollment
- Conditions which may increase the risk of hypoglycemia or conditions of known microvascular (diabetic) complications will be assessed on an individual basis with exclusion based on the discretion of the principal investigator.
- Current use of medications containing > 4000 mg acetaminophen per day.
- Current use of MAO (monoamine oxidase) inhibitors.
- Known allergy to eggs
- Pregnancy, breast-feeding or intention of becoming pregnant
- Current or recent alcohol or drug abuse by subject history.
- Blood donation of more than 473 ml within the last 56 days
- Mental incapacity, unwillingness or language barriers precluding adequate understanding or cooperation
- Any skin condition that prevents sensor placement on the abdomen (e.g., bad sunburn, pre-existing dermatitis, intertrigo, psoriasis, extensive scarring, cellulitis)
- Known allergy to medical adhesives, e.g. Tegaderm
- Hematocrit < 38% (males) and < 36% (females)
- Potassium < 3.4 mmol/L
- Active enrollment in another clinical trial
Contacts and Locations
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01645696
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01645696
|Canada, Ontario
|>LMC Endocrinology Centre, Clinical Research Unit
|Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M4G 3E8
Sponsors and Collaborators
Becton, Dickinson and Company
|Principal Investigator:
|Ronnie Aronson, MD
|LMC Endocrinology Centre, Clinical Research Unit
More Information
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017
|Responsible Party:
|Becton, Dickinson and Company
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01645696 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|July 13, 2012
|Last Updated:
|April 19, 2013
Keywords provided by Becton, Dickinson and Company:
Type 1 Diabetes
Continuous glucose monitoring
Blood glucose
Blood glucose sensor
Glucose Binding Protein (GBP)
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017


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Mr. Kubitz is absolutely correct. What's the big deal? There is nothing wrong with speaking about truth. While people prefer "moral maneuverability" the truth is that there ARE moral absolutes. I support moral absolutes just like Mr. Kubitz does. It's very important to do that and nothing wrong with doing that. Look, in the end, we ALL either get justice or grace. No one gets "injustice".... and, none of us "deserves" grace! We are ALL sinners. I just thank God every minute that He finally opened my mind to understand and made me sensitive to sin. What is so important to understand is that while God chose to open my mind, he may not have opened the minds of others. Yet! Although homosexuals strive to position homosexuality in the minds of people as proper, it's not. According to the Holy Bible, it is sin. Let's face it, movies and TV have so desensitized us that people have learned to repress their own conscience. We don't even know what sin is anymore. We think just because everybody says it, or does it that it's okay. But according to The Holy Bible sin is anything that falls short of God's perfection for us. The church is supposed to be a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints. So we can love homosexuals without agreeing their behavior is correct. I suggest that everyone be tolerant of what Mr. Kubitz's wrote. After all, it's not the good we do that gets us into heaven, it's the sin that keeps us out. In order to live with an all holy God for eternity, we must be sinless, therefore NO ONE can get to heaven because none of us are good. That is why God became a man, Jesus, and took the punishment from God that we deserve for our sins. The moment we recognize what Christ did on the cross we are given the gift of eternal life. Let me tell you, any of us could be laying on the side of the road, just moments from death due to a car accident. At that moment nothing will matter but your understanding of who Jesus is.
Am I the only one who assumes that a person with this strong of an opinion about homosexuality is in the closet? Gay marriage can only affect your marriage if one of you is gay.
Thank you Julie Kay, for a very informative and balanced article. I sincerely hope that the Becker & Poliakoff firm DID severely reprimand this lawyer. What a shame, that in today's world, belief systems such as the one stated by Kubitz, can color an educated person's view to the point that they really think we should all be the same. Everyone is entitled to their point of view and religious belief in America. The Constitution holds that there is a separation of church and state for that very reason. I think the firm should show him the door. Now, unfortunately, they will be associated with this type of thinking and discrimination, if they don't get rid of this lawyer.
Bob Jones U. graduate? You get what you pay for.
Dear Attorney Wally Kubitz:
I am with you. My prayers are with you and your family. I will pray for you in the Name of Jesus, through the Blood of Jesus and by the Power of the Holy Spirit. Trust nothing or no one can withstand the Almighty God or His power when and if He is for you. Based on Proverbs and a whole lot of other "verbs" in the Book I called the Word of God; He, God is with you. This maybe a fiery trial but you are coming out on top, because God cannot lie. The nation that forgets God shall be turned into hell. If God is for you the whole world and everything in it dare be crazy and STUPID enough to be against you--to its demise. God Bless your Email was very intellecutally written you were just stating your opinion and yes, God's Word--what about it!!!! Has America gotten so doggone entrenched in wanting "filth" and yes, "immorality" to be LEGALIED---that we dare be forbidden to voice our opnions?!
The firm was right to discipline (hopefully fired) this person. He is obviously warped by religious fanaticism and completely insensitive to the rights of his gay co-workers and fellow citizens. His poor judgment aside, Kubitz's comments reveal a person with deep-seated psychological issues that could have seriously affected the law firm at some stage. Thank goodness he only fired off a ridiculous letter instead of a gun!
I find only one paragraph of his email to be questionable (certainly something I would not have included), but certainly not a homophobic rant.
His point that for over 200 years there was not constitutional protection for homosexual behavior (recall it was illegal activity throughout the country) and the extension of the law is based on individual justices opinions and viewpoints where the legislature and public have taken actions with which those judges disagree.
I would not that the email was only to lawyers in the firm and to reflect that he disagreed with the position stated by a member of the firm's management committee. I guess the firm tolerates different viewpoints so long as they are politically correct.
B & P is hiring people who are a product of Bob Jones University? They deserve what they got.
While he has a right to his opinion, he doesn't have the right to disseminate that opinion using an e-mail address provided by the law firm that employs him. When you use an e-mail address provided to you by your employer you are speaking in your capacity as an employee of that employer, whether you like it or not. He had no right to advance his agenda in Becker & Poliakoff's name. I don't particularly care about the ignorance displayed by his statements as much as the blatant hypocrisy or selective memory he's displayed. I notice he didn't bash Congress or Bill Clinton for their roles in the Defense of Marriage Act , which according to his logic (or lack thereof) violates the 10th Amendment just the same. I guess if a law violates the Constitution it's okay in his mind so long as it doesn't violate the Bible. Perhaps he was covering his eyes with his hands when he got to that Church/State thingamajigger.
I'm not a judge or even an attorney but I don't understand the relevance of a quote from his bible to the situation. My understanding is that the law is based on legal principal not on the Koran (Shariah), New Testament (Christian) or Torah (Jewish). He is entitled to his view of reality and morality. Homosexual marriage is not something new. In Europe this was allowed and accepted some centuries ago. For me it is a matter of equal protection under the law and treatment of citizens regardless of sexuality, religion, race, religion, etc. equally. Our problem as a country is that some think they have the say so on morality, religion and other personal views and just don't understand that others of us may disagree.
i fully support his right to have his own beliefs..albeit in my opinion they are not necessarily appropriate for "this" century.. we keep forgetting that these types of comments were put forth on issues such as suffrage and civil rights....religion can serve an appropriate purpose...but unfortunately so many religions and those that follow use those books out of fear and hate..but then again...im not a Judge..just a lawyer
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Euro Cafe opened in 2004, on the previous site of Il Vento's Restaurant in Claremont. A mural in the outer dining room portrays a street scene in Portugal in which the Euro Cafe is incorporated as well as a couple holding Il Vento menus, a tribute to the original restaurant.
Euro Cafe is owned by Jose and Margaret Medeiros and their son, Joey, who is currently in charge of overall operations. They hail from the Azore Islands around San Miguel and the specialty of the restaurant is Portuguese cuisine, with a goodly dose of Italian fare thrown in for an interesting flair.
Margaret Medeiros still prepares most of the pastries that, like most of the Portuguese dishes, come from long time family recipes. Their linguica — a smoked, cured meat — is specially prepared for them by Silva, the well-known Portuguese meat producer. The traditional version uses diced meat rather than ground pork, so the Euro Cafe's linguica is coarser than the Silva product found in supermarkets.
Breakfasts are very popular as are paninis and pastas, but my focus was on the Portuguese items. From Monday through Friday, a different Portuguese special is featured while bife a Portuguesa is available every day. I tried the bife a Portuguesa, a thin cut top sirloin marinated with dry white wine and peppers. The flavor was rich and robust, though the meat was somewhat chewy and could have used additional marination. A lightly fried egg tops the steak and the yolk is cooked just long enough that when you cut into it, the yolk flows over the steak.
A good combo plate is the half panini sandwich and a cup of soup. I'd recommend the sliced Portuguese linguica with onions and bell peppers or the bifana, Portuguese style marinated pork loin, both served on a French roll. There's a bit of heat in the linguica, but it's certainly not overwhelming. The soup we opted for is was a Portuguese bean soup containing pinto beans, carrots, potato, kale, onions, pork and finely diced linguica. The soup is thick and savory and similar in ingredients to Thursday's Portuguese special, feijoada, their classic bean stew that contains significantly more meat. (The Brazilian version of the dish uses black beans and is drier than its Portuguese counterpart.)
We visited on a Wednesday so that we could try the carne estufada, and it was a distinct winner. The Black Angus brisket-style cut is marinated for a lengthy period, resulting in a consistency reminiscent of sauerbraten. The glaze of sweet red pepper sauce adds a smoky, piquant flavor to the meat. It's served with Portuguese rice and a farm fresh green and purple lettuce salad.
If you like salted cod, come in on Friday for bacalhau, baked with potatoes and carrots. It's not my cup of tea, but it's a favorite amongst the restaurant's Portuguese clientele.
There's an espresso bar on the premises and they bake all their own pastries, including tambol, a puff pastry filled with an egg-based cream and topped with roasted almonds, cinnamon and powdered sugar. Another Portuguese special is natas, a small custard tart. They also offer lagrima, a white port and guarana, a Brazilian energy drink.
A second restaurant will be opening this summer at Monte Vista and Arrow Route called Nuno's. It will have a full bar (with a nice selection of ports) and full sit-down service with dishes from Spain and France including tapas, paella and more.
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Hi, can anyone give an advice on how to scale Sprites or Textures when window resolution is changed? I am using glOrtho(); in OpenGL, and I have my original sprites about 90% larder in size originally, when i render them in my test window, which is 800x600, i Scale them down to 10% of the size so they look nice in s small window, which they do.
I was wondering, when there is a 2D glOrtho set up, how should i go about scaling the sprites when changing the resolution? Is it really done in 2D games? Or should, whoever has higher resolution, see more of the world (map)?
At the moment, i have tried one trick, my lowest resolution is 800 x
At this resolution sprites are scaled down to 10% of the original size. When i change the resolution, i re-calculate Scalar, and re-scale sprites according to this new Scalar variable.
// As a minimum res will be 800x600; float Scalar = getScreenWidth() / 800; // 800 width = 10% of the original size. resScalar = -(90 / resScalar); // Scale the ship sprite ship->Scale(resScalar);
Here it is at 800x600:
Here it is at 1920x1200
So as you can see, it kind works good.
\ I was wondering, how would you go about background textures? If we are talking about Tile Based approach? If tiles are fixed size, you cant re-scale textures in them? right?*
\ And one other thing, what resolution should all the sprites be? All in the same resolution which is much bigger then they appear in the game, so they can be scaled up and down in game as i need ?*
Please, whoever did that before, could you give some advice on what to do with the sprites (textures) when resolution has been changed. Thanks.
I don't understand your issue.
Your display code should be independent of screen resolution.
Just set up a projection matrix that is the size you want, and then render your scene at that resolution.
If the view port is larger than your display code expects, the pixels will look bigger, if it is smaller, they will be blended together.
Are you trying to use different graphics based on view port size?
I think his intent is to change resolution and display a higher quality sprite, which should take up the same percentage of pixels as a lower quality sprite in a lower resolution. Since he's stretching the image, Stainless answer seems logical. Just set the viewport to match the screen size and leave your projection matrix fixed. The GPU will automatically stretch your graphics. Some 2D games take this approach. Another more common approach is to change both the viewport and projection matrix to match the screen size, which makes the sprites smaller (quality is maintained), but the gamer sees more of the world.
If your intent is to display higher quality sprites at a different resolution, then you need to provide a new set of sprites catered for that resolution, which will automatically size the sprites to the view.
I was wondering, how would you go about background textures?And one other thing, what resolution should all the sprites be?**


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Syngenta has announced progress in development of a new herbicide tolerant trait for soybeans. The MGI herbicide tolerance is under co-development with Bayer CropScience for soybeans and will provide tolerance by soybeans to three active ingredients.
"The MGI refers to the herbicides it provides tolerance against," said Rex Wichert, head, soybean portfolio, Syngenta. The soybean plants will be resistant to mesotrione, glufosinate and isoxaflutole active ingredients. All three of these actives have been used in corn herbicide programs, mesotrione in Callisto; isoxaflutole in Balance Flexx; and glufosinate in Liberty herbicide for production of LibertyLink corn and soybeans.
The MGI trait is schedule to be commercially available in soybeans during the latter half of this decade.
Syngenta noted working with Bayer CropScience will produce soybeans tolerant to two manufacturers' products and the potential for being applied pre-emergence to post-emergence while also providing residual weed control.
"The importance of this is the powerful residual provided to growers for use in soybeans. It will be a step change compared to products that growers can use today," said Wichert.
Residual control when applied throughout the pre-emerge to post-emerge timing will give growers' the best chance possible to maximize yield potential and advance soybean yield averages, contends Syngenta.
The company is vowing to do everything possible to steward the new MGI trait by keeping farmers from destroying the vulnerability of weeds to this new trait. Syngenta and Bayer CropScience must maintain the long-term viability of herbicides used in conjunction with the MGI trait, while also continuing to have proven effectiveness of these herbicides for use in corn production, too.