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An ode to the analytics grease monkeys (analytics deployment = ROI)
Analytics has value only when it is actionable
Analytics provide a significant business (monetary) impact for organizations when analytical assets are deployed within business processes — that is, when analytical assets are consumed by people or processes.
One such example of deploying analytics in business processes is for smart buildings and elevators, as explained by IBM's Harriet Green and KONE's Larry Wash at InterConnect. Other examples include a call center operator making a recommendation in real-time to a customer (a recommendation promoted by an analytical propensity model), or a machine accepting or declining millions of credit-card transaction every minute (acceptance calculated in micro-seconds by an analytical fraud-detection model).
Embedding those models inside the appropriate business processes is the way to deliver that value. Making sure that those models (that have supported concrete decisions) can be legally traced, monitored, and secured requires discipline and management capabilities.
Deploying analytical assets within operational processes in a repeatable, manageable, secure, and traceable manner requires more than a set of APIs and a cloud service — a model that has been scored (executed) has not necessarily been managed.
Developing & deploying analytical assets: complementary cycles
In the mid-90's we went through a phase of wild and creative programmable development. Today, aside from a salutary democratization of analytics in general and predictive analytics in particular, and an unprecedented development of analytical talents, the analytical open-source movement is also producing a wide number of analytical assets that will eventually have to be consumed — but current open-source real-time deployment techniques provide "dissemination means" not "managed deployment means".
To make a timely analogy for this Summer: you do not win the Tour de France by building bikes, you win it by riding those bikes within organized teams.
In the last decade where the "industrial" deployment of analytics has started to boost the competitiveness of early adopters, we have learned, often the hard way, that releasing a model to production is not enough; that "release moment" is followed by many steps that make the deployment cycle as important as the development cycle (see Figure 1).
Figure 1. Complementary and interlinked analytical development & deployment cycles
Capabilities for the deployment of analytical assets
The development cycle has been battle tested for more than two decades, and originates from the open methodology CRISP-DM (Cross-Industry Standard Process for Data Mining) which was refined last year by IBM, through an extended version called Analytics Solutions Unified Method for Data Mining/Predictive Analytics (also known as ASUM-DM). Many development efforts at IBM enable the development cycle through technologies including our Data Science Experience (DSX) and our ML-as-a-Service expansive upcoming machine learning workflow capability.
The deployment cycle, on the other end, has not been as formalized; but successful organizations have adopted various technologies to provide the foundation to manage analytical assets in a reliable, repeatable, scalable and secured way. That foundation should provide:
- A "centralized" way to store and secure analytical assets to make it easier for analysts to collaborate and allow them to re-use models or other assets as needed (this could be a secured community or a collaboration space)
- The possibility to house the repository in an existing database management system (regardless of its provisioning) and establish security credentials through integration with existing security providers, while accommodating models from any analytical tool
- Protocols to ensure adherence to all internal and external procedures and regulations, not just for compliance reasons but, as an increasing amount of data gets aggregated, to address potential privacy issues
- Automated versioning, fine-grained traceable model scoring and change management capabilities (including champion/challenging features) to closely monitor and audit analytical asset lifecycles
- Bridges to eventually link both the development and deployment cycles to external information life cycle management systems (to optimize a wider and contextual re-use of assets) and to enhanced collaboration capabilities (to share experiences and information assets beyond the four walls of the organization).
The development cycle has always been the glamorous part of the full analytical process, and developers, especially coders (now fully enabled through robust sets of development tools), have thrived on that first cycle. However, neglecting the deployment cycle has often prevented organizations to fully realize the business value of their analytical efforts while generating distrustful attitudes towards analytics within those organizations. In the deployment cycle, the "industrialization" of analytics is less glamorous, but it is where the rubber meets the road.
Deployment benefits
Beyond fostering collaboration, delivering more effective analytical results, controlling and deploying those results to people and systems to support decision-making in a broad range of operational areas, automating analytical processes for greater consistency and auditing the development, and refining and using models and other assets throughout their lifecycle, the formalization of the deployment cycle provides a bigger picture advantage: more consistent decisions for the organization.
Next analytic market leader
The current hype around the development cycle is overshadowing the upcoming need for organized analytics consumption — and that need, through the advent of external data and the tsunami of Internet-of-Things data and processes will be overwhelming.
IBM has the benefit of having foundational capabilities through its Collaboration & Deployment Services technology, but the next wave will require some significant updates around that foundation — including the extension (the bridges) toward information life cycle management capabilities and wider collaboration capabilities (beyond the organization's analytics community). We need a stronger focus and a formalized approach (with its accompanying technology) for the "deployment cycle" — let's bring together the conversations on the analytical deployment theme.
I predict that the next analytic market leader will dominate (and strongly financially benefit from) the managed deployment of analytical assets; who will take that hill first?
Originally published at datascience.ibm.com on August 23, 2016.


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NetEnt isn't the only software provider that has experienced enormous success last year. One of its major rivals, Playtech, has come out publically with 2015's financial figures and they show that the company has experienced a huge rise in revenue. More money can only mean more games being developed and, with their extensive mobile platform spanning across all devices and many online casinos, this can only be good news.
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The Biggest Gains
It has come through that Playtech's biggest gain from last year was from revenue. Year-on-year, the company has experienced an increase by 38%, earning over £490 million.
In 2015, however, the increase was up to 22% with over £200 million in revenue — all in a single year! Once all the outgoings were calculated, the overall net profit from this revenue has been about £150m year-on-year, an increase of about 8%.
This is staggering once you consider that this steep increase has occurred despite a "hiccup" in net profits which was down by 3%. This was due to an adjustment to new regulations such as Point of Consumption which had to be fully integrated into the company's cash-flow. Still, Playtech still managed to rake in a profit of £668 million in 2015.
The Secret to Success
Not all of Playtech's earnings was down to pure luck, however. It was, in large part, down to the company's gaming division which surpassed the growth of the company's .com business last year. We won't bore you with more figures but basically, all gaming revenue was up by 36% from 2014 which was a large increase that was thanks to Playtech's array of brilliant games.
For players, this success can only mean that they will set themselves up with more online casinos, giving them the chance to access their favourite Playtech titles from different sources. Playtech's list of casinos is already pretty long, the most prominent of which are Bet365 and Mr Green, displaying a variety of sports titles, bingo rooms and live casino games.
The Future
Playtech may already be a leading software developer but it can still be top if it carries on gaining success after success. Its newly formed financial division reassured that, despite reforms in the company's infrastructure, they have coped well.
Playtech chairman Alan Jackson even said that the good results the company carried were indebted to the gains from their new omni-channel product offerings as well as an all-new-and-improved business model.
What this business model entails is unclear but it's certainly working!
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Lexus has certainly proven its racing prowess in the Grand Am Series powering Chip Ganassi's team to victory in the 2011 24 Hours of Daytona in January. Now the auto manufacturer announced that it will be the primary sponsor for an off-road racing team that campaigns one of its LX 570 utility vehicles in the 2011 SCORE Stock Full category.
"The JTGrey Racing team demonstrates just how capable, reliable and durable the Lexus LX 570 is," said David Nordstrom, vice president of marketing, Lexus division. "It's exciting to see the LX 570 conquer the rugged and extreme desert terrains with the same nimbleness and dexterity it has when it navigates city streets."
In his second season last year, off-road racer Joe Bacal and his JTGrey Racing team took 2010 SCORE Stock Full Championship in an LX 570. Along the way, the team grabbed checkered flags in the SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge, Terrible's Las Vegas Primm 300, the MasterCraft Safety Tecate San Felipe 250, and Tecate Baja 1000 races. The team placed second in the Tecate Baja 500.
"Last year the JTGrey team had an unbelievable racing season," said Bacal. "We are prepared for the new challenges this season will bring. We'll be racing harder and faster with Lexus this year and expect some great finishes in the LX 570."
Highlights of the vehicle include 37-inch BF Goodrich Baja TA project race tires, custom King Racing shocks, Sparco race seats, and nine KC Hilites HID's. Top Trophy Truck builder Geiser Bros. Design and Development made modifications for the build out and will be on site for race support.
Additional sponsors include Hino Trucks, BFGoodrich Tires, Cancer Treatment Centers of America, Geiser Bros. Design and Development, King Racing Shocks, ARB 4x4 accessories, KC Hilites, Head First Design, F Sport, Sparco, Hammer Nutrition, Oakley and Mechanix Wear.
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• Mastercraft Safety SCORE San Felipe 250 Race, March 11-13
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AT Email: Voting, The Good Life and Scott & Helen Nearing - 2.5.08
February 5, 2008
On this fairly random Tuesday, in what should be the depths of winter, a huge event is taking place in 24 states across our country. Whichever way you lean politically, this is bound to be an exciting and long day. For the first time in awhile, I feel a lot of energy coming off this election and it feels good.
All of this excitement got me thinking last night about Apartment Therapy and what we are trying to do every day with all of these posts. While many people refer to Apartment Therapy as a "décor" blog, it is – along with all five of our blogs – about empowerment, new ideas and the improving of our homes. And as much as our national election is allowing us to take stock of our national home and support candidates who we believe will improve it, our own elected office stands right before us every day. It is our home, our apartment, our house. In this space, you are your own president, and all of our blogs support you.
House Tour: Holly's Sense of Simplicity
Some people also think that Apartment Therapy is only about "small spaces." It is not. We do have an editorial slant, however, and that is a deep seated belief in something that had its heyday in the early 90's and then seemed to fade away again: simplicity, economy, creativity and intelligence. It was called "simple living" and it gave birth to things like Real Simple magazine and mutated into the passion of the Green movement. But it may be back in its domestic form.
In the paper today there's a good article called Economy Fitful, Americans Start to Pay as They Go. While the article paints itself about belt tightening and the slowing of the economy, as an AT'er, I see a silver lining in these words:
"What we say now is, 'If we can't afford it, we can't buy it,' " Ms. Gamble said.And when she looks across the street at that Cadillac, her envy has been replaced by pity for the neighbor on the hook. "I say, 'Oh my, you're living here, and driving that? There's got to be something wrong,'" Ms. Gamble said.
When someone can puncture a hole in envy, particularly as it surrounds our homes and lifestyles, and get back on modest but solid footing with comfort, that is a magic moment, no matter what it takes to get there.
To me, richness is about living, about people, about doing and making things, not about things themselves, and to a great extent the growth of consumption and dependence on things is a real buzz kill.
Two people, and this is my final point, who personify these beliefs for me are Scott and Helen Nearing. I recommend checking them out. They are responsible for a seminal book, The Good Life (1954), which outlines their remove in 1932 from New York City to a Vermont farm where they built their own house, grew their own food and worked and wrote on social causes.
And while their political writings may have faded, their homes and the way they lived persists and carries their ideals like a beacon. To quote them,
"Life is enriched by aspiration and effort, rather than by acquisition and accumulation."
In Helen's last book, Loving and Leaving the Good Life, written after Scott died at age 100, she powerfully communicates how empowered their life together was, based as it was on people and ideas, and not on things. This is the best book to start with. Their home, by the way, was beautiful, and people traveled from all over the world to visit them, eat their food and sit in their home.
Which is all to say that today is a big day, a day to get inspired and take action both at your polling station and at home. While we depend on our candidates to do our bidding on the national stage, we are the ones who get to do it everyday at home. So, go ahead and do it. We're with you every step of the way.
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Reviewed: Wednesday 02 November, 2016 by Anonymous
This is a great upgrade to your CB-6000/s!! No splitting and more vents, my Mistress/wife loves the look so much more than the plastic, she now makes me wear just the cage around the house most evenings just so see can get excited looking at her locked slave! She also locks me all the time now, I may regret showing her this type of play as I have lost control of her cock!
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Amazing upgrade for the CB-6000! It's a bit tighter than the original CB-6000, this means a better fit when flaccid and less room for erections. The extra weight of the gives it a nice feeling to. Due to the extra ventilation holes it's more easy to keep clean and not really necessary to unlock it for cleaning. My BF is also very happy with it, now he's finally able to keep me locked for several weeks without worrying about comfort and hygiene!
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So, I've worn most of the non-metal cages you can think of, the CB2000 and 6000s, the Holy Trainer, the BON4. I've wanted a metal cage for awhile, but they're obviously really expensive. So, when I saw this, I thought I'd give it a shot since I do enjoy the 6000s and this is essentially a slightly longer metal version of that cage. The issues the 6000s has are completely gone in this version. The metal is easier to keep clean, there are way more air holes for drying after washing, and it doesn't have the risk of splitting like the CB cages do (I've had it happen twice now). Also, so far, it appears to actually be stainless steel and not that steel coating that the cheaper metal cages have that can leave your skin turning green after awhile, but time will tell as I've only had it for about a week. There is one issue which is kind of annoying, but it to be expected from such a cheap make. The inside of the cage isn't polished at all and there are a couple places that aren't completely sanded down, so are a little sharp. I plan on getting a dremel tool so I can fix that, but it's something to keep in mind. Other than that, it's very comfortable and much easier to get into since metal isn't as "sticky" as the plastic from the 6000s is. I can pretty easily get in without needing lube or to be in the shower, which I couldn't do with the 6000s. The weight is nice, but I do feel as if the ring I use is now too big to keep everything from being pulled down. It's annoying because the next ring down is too small, but it's not a huge deal. Overall, it's pretty good, I'd recommend it if you've already got the parts from the CB set which fits it. It fits horseshoe ring style.
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diete dimagranti
If youâre looking for a diet to lose belly fat, you need to have some basics covered in whatever plan you choose. Far too many people are quick to hop onto the first diet plan to lose belly fat they come across, without putting in enough thought and attention to whether itâs really going to work for them.
Letâs look at the principal factors that any diet program to shed belly fat must have.
A Moderate Calorie Intake
First and foremost, an effective diet to lose belly fat is going to have an appropriate level of calories. If you eating too few calories on your diet to lose belly fat, this is going to come back to haunt you as your metabolism will slow to a crawl.
Instead, choose a protocol that has a relatively good amount of calories, but still creates the calorie deficit to see fat loss moving along.
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As a good guideline, women shouldnât go under 1200 calories per day and men should stay above 1500.
If youâre going below this, chances are you are putting yourself at risk for nutritional deficiencies.
Proper Macronutrient Ratios
Next, you also want to make sure any plan you choose has the right macronutrient ratios. This means it has a good level of protein and a balance between carbohydrates and dietary fats.
The one particular thing you donât want to do is adopt a diet program that goes to extremes. When the level of fat the diet program includes is very low - or likewise the amount of carbs discovered inside the program, youâll likely need to choose a diverse protocol entirely.
Balanced diets almost always deliver superior results. Plus, they are then considered a healthy diet to lose belly fat. Going to extremes is never good when looking at it from a health point of view.
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Moving along, also be sure that any diet to lose belly fat youâre considering has a good amount of flexibility. If the plan is too rigid and set in stone, it will be impossible to stick with over time and this can really just lead you astray.
Select a plan that provides enough flexibly all through the day so that it could effortlessly adapt to what ever your day brings.
This means that you can eat out using good meal choices and moderation without it completely throwing off your protocol and that you can switch meal timing around slightly as needed as well.
Being able to do both of these will dramatically increase the chances you enjoy and can stick with the diet protocol.
Foods You Enjoy
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Now there's a reason behind it.... Number 1. I simply adore fashion. I enjoy mixing and matching patterns and textures. 2. It gives me a reason to go shopping more. 3. I want you to get to know me.
The most important reason is seriously number 3. I really want you to get to know who I am.
I am really a fun, person and I want YOU to get to know that side of me.
I am more than just someone who likes to create pretty pictures. I enjoy laughter, friendships, yummy food, traveling and of course fashion.
So I tried my hand at self portraiture...not let anyone fool you...it is HARD!
But I really wanted to show off my outfit today.
Today is a chill day so I didn't get really too dressed up. Today is really a day of editing, cleaning and grocery shopping. Later today I am going to bottle 2 bushels of peaches so I simply chose a pair of funky leggings. (I love leggings...I have a stack of them). I comfortable white T-shirt. Seriously this is the best cotton T. I have ever found! The brand is Tildon. You can find it at Nordstroms. It doesn't shrink...it's easy to wear..and it's comfortable. And a old beat up cardigan that I have had for 4 years.
I also love beauty as well and it's no lie that I am obsessed with fragrance.
Because I am just kinda in a more relaxed look I wanted to wear a lighter more fresh fragrance and so I chose Coney Island by Bond Number 9 New York. It has notes of Margarita, Melon, Guava, even some chocolate and carmel. It's fabulous!
My makeup today is really kinda simple...but I did put on this fabulous lip...by Lip Tar. The color is called Grandma. AWESOME...who doesn't want to wear a lipstick called Grandma. I actually didn't know the color until I looked at the back of it to tell you. Lip Tar wears for a really LONG time. It's great!
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The 65-year-old, known as the 'original Oxo mum' released a statement to announce she would be postponing her tour of A Passionate Woman while she has treatment.
She said she was "devastated" not to be able to honour her commitments to the Kay Mellor play but said she was keen to return next year.
In a statement reported by the BBC she said: "I'm devastated not to be able to honour my commitments to the play this year.
"But having toured many times before, I'm aware of the sheer stamina needed and I need to prioritise my recovery.
"That said, nothing's going to stop me coming back next year, and I can't wait to be 'a passionate woman'."
No further details of her condition have been released.
Mrs Bellingham, who has two sons, starred in a long-running series of Oxo adverts screened in the 1980s as the mother of a squabbling family. She is well known for her roles on Loose Women as well parts in All Creatures Great and Small.
She has also appeared on Strictly Come Dancing as a contestant and in Calendar Girls.
The actress, who trained at Frinton Summer Theatre in Essex, has been a high profile supporter of Cancer Research UK and Macmillan Cancer Support since her sister Barbara died of lung cancer. She also supports Barnado's because she was adopted and did work for Save the Children when her sons were growing up.
The tour of A Passionate Woman was due to begin at the Sheffield Lyceum in September.
Sheffield Theatre artistic director Daniel Evans told the BBC: "A Passionate Woman is an extraordinary play about an extraordinary woman, and that woman is Lynda Bellingham.
"She is the heart of this production, and it's inconceivable that we would do it without her."
Mrs Bellingham, who is married to Michael Pattermore, was forced to pursue a lengthy legal battle after an internet troll accused her and her family of being involved in property fraud, and secured a six figure settlement on the case.


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Hey guys, most of you guys will probably think I'm trolling or high, but this is actually a good way to play Lux. She has a bind that will let her get free hits on and have a slow that has AoE damage. Her shield is great for 1v1 and her ultimate is great for free kills.
Her main runes are Flat AD because AD/PL (Attack Damage/Per Level) isn't really that great. Besides the great bonuses for Attack Damage on runes you should have a bit of Attack Speed.
Skill Sequence
I like to kill people with Lux starting with my bind. Then, my shield then my ball.
So the skill sequence of is Q->E->E->W or Q->W->E->E.
Summoner Spells
You should always get Flash because Lux is super squishy, once shes targeted shes dead in an blink of an eye. I normally use ignite if we have a jungler that will give you blue and clarity if I don't have a jungler.
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Doug Robinson: Wishing JazzBulls the best (not really)
Dr Truth SLC, utApril 21, 2011 3:11 p.m.
Really the Jazz chose Memo over Boozer....only to get the Booz curse, Memo goes down, Memo goes down.......
The Jazz problem this past year is really about the athletes we lost on the perimeter over the last year, Matthews, Brewer, and 3 point shooting with Korver more than the loss inside with Booz. Hey we finally beat LA in LA without Booz.......I think everyone forgets that D-Will was having a monster year before his wrist injury. Everyone was talking about D-Will even more than Rose at that time.
BillM75 Salt Lake City, UTApril 21, 2011 1:38 p.m.
CJ, "be on the floor" is the key phrase, along with the part you left out where Boozer's contract is twice as long for almost FOUR times as much money as Paul's.
How about this: I'll take Paul & Noah, you can have Al & Boozer?
elpistola, you forgot how Brewer's agent demanded 4yrs/$35mil inc max upfront signing bonus from the Jazz, and KOC sent him packing for a bag of balls. Then he tears his hamstring and is happy to get the scraps Chicago threw him as a favor to Boozer & Korver. I love Brew, and unlike Sloan, Thibs knows he's a 8th-9th man, not a starter. Wait til the Finals when the Lakers don't guard him tho.
AK's contract was bad, and the Jazz should've cut bait long ago. Hey, how'd that LaMarcus Aldridge for Ty Thomas trade turn out for the Bulls? At least it allowed you to pay double market value for Boozer, who's less efficient (esp on defense), far more fragile, and four years older than Aldridge, so that's something.
Thanks for playing, see ya soon, good luck in the Finals.
louisiana jazz man Dubach, LAApril 21, 2011 8:36 a.m.
re; cj miles maby they will pick up cj in chicgo and you can be a bulls fan. i would say a bozzer fan but he dosen't play enough to have fans. but comparing the two same scoring average this year one played almost all the games one played half the games were is the comparison? if millsap was playing with noah like boz he would be a beast. instead he played with al who cain't pick up the pick and roll on off and has very little def. on second thought it would be better if they traded millsap to a team that has some good players half utah's players are old washed up vets other half rookies. soon to be more rookies with al and millsap i smell a championship.
CJ Miles Dallas, TXApril 21, 2011 12:48 a.m.
If I had to choose between Boozer or Millsap to be on the floor, I would choose Boozer every time. Not even a close comparision.
manchester10 Bountiful, UTApril 20, 2011 10:25 p.m.
The Bulls have been building this team for years. They have been on the back burner of the NBA since Jordan left. Chicago can have Boozer, Kyle and Ronnie. They will contribute now, but for how long? I feel confident that this Jazz organization will put the pieces together and the young guys will mature quickly. The Jazz will be a force to be reckoned with soon. They will also do it in half the time it took the Bulls to return, just watch.
Please get Jimmer!! Who cares if he is a risk, we are all curious to see how he would fare with our team and it would be even that much sweeter if he turns into a star.
louisiana jazz man Dubach, LAApril 20, 2011 10:00 p.m.
i don't get the camparison of millsap and noah? noah is a center who the camparison should be is noah and jefferson. millsap's comparison would be boz wich millsap always has been a better defender than boz no camparison boz averaged 17.5 a game and only played half the year as always. millsap averaged 17.5 and missed a couple of games. let's compare favors to millsap oh no camparison favors 4-6 points a game gets a couple of dunks a game preety comparable to evens what a beast let's send millsap to the bench and start favors he has busted his but for 4 years worked so hard' got to be better than millsap he was the number 3 pick. about like he is better than cousins 5 pick. glad they diden't hire any of you to coach probly start opy evens favors fes price
elpistola Memphis, TNApril 20, 2011 8:50 p.m.
As a Bull's fan, We appreciate truly your well wishes. I do want to correct the record though on your article. We have wanted Carlos for a while and he apparently wanted us too. He unfortunately was our #2 rebounder not #1 - Noah was #1. We do wish he could play defense, I'm sure you noticed he sits on the defensive end in favor of Taj Gibson at the end of games. We hope he'll learn to defend a back door cut some day. Kyle is a wonderful if defense challenged addition too, Derrick Rose shoots 86% from the floor though not that far a cry from Korver (and nearly 7X the number of free throws as Korver). Brewer is great, too bad you let him go too, I'm sure he was your best defender. What did we get him for - $4.8M? You did keep Kirilenko though for what...$17M+? He doesn't play defense either does he? You can thank us for Sloan and now Corbin (Chicago products). See you next time you get in the playoffs in ... 2020. Maybe you can get some more Russians on your team for $20M+
Kakashi Tokyo, JapanApril 20, 2011 7:34 p.m.
On paper and currently...the Bulls are better than the Jazz...in a few years...its a different story...remember we have 3 rookies...who would vastly improve in the coming years...defense wise...Noah and Asik is better than Al Jeff and Fes...scoring wise...its just Al Jeff against the two...in a few more years...we will be a better team...but...due to the fact that we play in the West...its going to be tough
Tators Hyrum, UTApril 20, 2011 5:38 p.m.
What I haven't noticed mentioned in other comments that would've made a huge difference for the Jazz this year is the Wes Matthews factor. The double digit average output per game difference this year between he and Raja Bell, his replacement, was enough to have made a huge difference on the results of how this past season went. Had we kept Matthews and had that output difference, we consequently would've won many of those close games we lost after midseason. Then DWill probably would've had a better attitude toward the team and consequently toward coach Sloan... who then would probably still be coaching. Had that happened, there is also a high probability we would currently be enjoying watching the Jazz in the playoffs instead of sitting home analyzing these would've-been, could've-been, should've-been scenarios.
CJ Miles Dallas, TXApril 20, 2011 1:53 p.m.
Comparing Noah to Millsap? Now that is the biggest joke I have ever heard. Noah is a defensive monster. Millsap? Well let's just say he can't defend anyone that is taller or quicker than him. When's the last time you saw Noah getting out-worked by an offensive player? How about never.
Deng is 10 times the player that AK is. Rose is a better point guard than Dwill will ever be.
The only reason Korver is having success in Chicago is he doesn't have Jerry as his coach.
BillM75 Salt Lake City, UTApril 20, 2011 1:12 p.m.
Doug, this is just a rehash of a column written for another local paper a week or so ago. Jazz fans are eager for the future, aside from the handful still obsessed with Derek Fisher, whose red flag you made sure to wave.
We like Korver & Brewer and if we can't win we want them to. Boozer is 4th banana on the Bulls and not expected to be a cornerstone, and both his & Korver's contracts are far above market value. Had Brewer been willing at the time to accept what the Bulls gave him he'd still be here.
Rose is far better than DWrist, and Noah's D is far better than anything the Jazz have thought about since the days of Ostertag, if not Eaton.
The biggest difference is at head coach tho. Thibodeau doesn't just talk about defense, toughness & teamwork, he demands it, and he tolerates none of the nonsense Sloan winked at for the last five years. Millsap & Al are better than Boozer with far better contracts but it's not nearly enough.
HDFresh Salem, ORApril 20, 2011 12:37 p.m.
Jazz have always produced good players. The team is the farm for the whole league.
It is frustrating to see players leave and do really well on other teams. Something was wrong to keep them from playing to their potentials. Or some hated each other and didn't feel like a team and they feel better on their new teams. Who knows.
It's just sad as a Jazz fan to see it all unravel.
Bring in "The Jimmer", the great white hope. (Harris teaches then transitions to back up).
Get a good solid true center that can cause trouble in the paint and vacuum rebounds (Dwight Howardesque) (trade some of the Forwards(way too many) and Okur, and almost anyone else you have to)
Finally get a drop em' dead, ace 3 ball shooting guard to accompany "The Jimmer" and with existing pieces you have a "team".
Prefer to keep Milsap, Favors, Bell. Everybody else could be traded if needed for above to happen.
tottenhamlover Salt Lake City, UTApril 20, 2011 11:05 a.m.
You forgot to mention that the Bulls have Luol Deng, who is defensively efficient as Andre Kirilenko but a much better shooter. Millsap is weak defensively, so he cannot be compared to Noah. We also have a coach who isn't past his prime and promotes defense in his system. This team is nothing like the Jazz team of last year. Brewer and Korver are much better defenders under Thibodeau, and that is what really matters.
oldschool Farmington, UTApril 20, 2011 10:50 a.m.
Hey, Doug, don't forget about the other ex-Jazz players still contributing to their teams: Stevenson, Pavlovic, Arroyo, Koufos, Matthews and Fisher. Combined with Boozer, Brewer and Korver, this could make a pretty good team, probably enough to win the first round and maybe the second. If it weren't for all the ifs and buts, the Jazz fans would go nuts. Imagine the possibilities if the Jazz had kept the picks for Magic Johnson and Dominique Wilkins and then traded up to draft Michael Jordan or had been smart enough to get positioned to draft Larry Bird a year early the way Red Auerbach did! Or drafted Kevin McHale instead of Darrell Griffith. Or Danny Ainge instead of Danny Schayes or (gasp) Howard Wood? Sure as shooting, with some of those players the Jazz would have reached the finals and probably would have won the championship long before Malone showed up. Now, will the Jazz pass up Jimmer because he's white and played college ball in Utah? Just the way the Jazz have passed up on pretty well every other great Utah college player?
netmaster Farmington, UTApril 20, 2011 10:31 a.m.
Some fans seem to forget that Boozer did not want to come back to Utah, and that Utah could not afford to pay him his market value anyway. It all comes down to one huge mistake, and that was paying AK top dollar. Nobody knew how bad he would get, how often he would be injured, how emotionally unstable he would seem at times, etc. He is better now, of course, but still not worth max money and all the restrictions that go with it. Now he is valuable to the Jazz, but only at a certain price. Whoever says Harris couldn't lead the Jazz to a championship is probably the same logic-challenged person who said the Little General could lead the Spurs to a championship. Jazz fans must take part of the blame by refusing to accept the fact that Boozer did not sit out due to injury because he wanted to do so. Don't these cerebrally challenged fan(atics) remember that he came back TOO EARLY from his first hamstring injury? Or that AK and Memo both tried to come back too early, leading to disaster?
HerbSewell Las Vegas, NevadaApril 20, 2011 10:31 a.m.
If you watch the Bulls' games, Boozer, in many clutch situations is right where he needs to be: on the bench.
Too bad he was our "clutch" player here.
That's the difference.
Richie Saint George, UTApril 20, 2011 10:25 a.m.
Boozer and Williams were locker room cancers. Did you ever notice how much crud Hayward and AK got from Williams. Need to get rid of Bell too, he can't play.
Jesse Tooele, UTApril 20, 2011 10:15 a.m.
The biggest difference and the biggest reason Boozer just didn't quite work out here in Utah is simple, Noah is the Bulls center and Okur was ours. You can't build a team around 2 non defensive big men. You can't rely on your small forward to be your inside shot blocking presence and your best perimeter defender as well. I think OKC has it perfect. You got the shot blocker in Ibaka and the defensive position guy in Perkins who will D up his own man and also slide over to take charges. Okur was decent at low post defense, but both he and Boozer could not move their feet if their guy faced up on them. If we run with Favors and Jefferson next year, I hope Al is working on his position defense. He has great footwork on offense, why can't that translate on the defensive end?
Silly Rabbit Magna, UTApril 20, 2011 10:09 a.m.
As a Jazz fan, I am not rooting for the Bulls. Those players that played for Utah are no longer Jazz players so I don't root for them, they are on a different team, but I do hope they do well. I've watch some playoff games and just want to see some good B-Ball no pressure not having your team in the playoffs, I really hope to see an underdog make a mess of things.
I was a fan of all those former Jazzmen that now don the colors of M.J. and company of old. I liked watching Booze bang and yell but dont miss the Ole D, I miss (Kale) Korver shoot it, and R.Brew's energy and dunks, I miss them all but root for da Bulls, never! But man they just might take the ring. If they do i will hide a smile.
Since the Jazz came to Utah long ago every year I tell people this is the year they win it all, I will say the same thing for next season! Im a Jazz fan for better or for worse.
Vince the boonies, mexicoApril 20, 2011 9:35 a.m.
Boozer was a cancer just like D-Will, but Korver was the keeper and shooter we miss. His defense isn't as bad as some of you say, but the difference is the defensive system. He's playing within a system that is #1 in the league in defense and when he was here it was an ancient "Sloan" system that doesn't work and hasn't for many years. Hire a defensive coach Ty, amd copy the Bulls and Celtics defensive schemes thats all. For all of you maucho males that felt threatened by Korver being good looking and getting the ladies raves your just that "maucho", and insecure apparently about yourselves because he is and was a needed team member here.
WhatsInItForMe Orem, UtahApril 20, 2011 9:12 a.m.
In watching Chicago's first two playoff games, it's obvious Boozer is still Boozer. And, he's not the reason they're winning---Rose and others are. Still, Boozer and Korver are integral parts of the equation for this team, which is why they are winning.
Posters here are on the money that this is a much better team overall than the Jazz ever were, even when Boozer was here with D-Will and Millsap and AK, etc.
I'll be really happy if the "Chicago Jazz" win the title, because I always liked Korver, in spite of his poor defense. And, I never really felt down on Boozer. He is what he is, a rebounder and scorer with little defense. Brewer is another I think should have been kept by the Jazz, but not as a starter.
I like Rose, too. They guy just plays.
Hugh G. Hater SLC, UTApril 20, 2011 9:00 a.m.
Good job Greg Miller!
Doug10 Roosevelt, UTApril 20, 2011 8:52 a.m.
Boozer is on the floor in Chicago for the same reason he was in Utah. While he was out there he will take the high pressure shot as would Williams. Sloan knew that if Boozer and Deron were on the floor he had a chance of winning, any time in the league. Boozer is an animal in the league and in Chicago where the entire offense is run through Rose Boozer is not called upon to score as often as he was here but he is ferocious on the boards.
The Jazz if they could have had another animal like Noah things could have been different but instead they had European players like AK and Okur who are big but do not play well inside. Probably the thing that kept them from getting someone like Noah to help was AK and his huge contract that crippled the Jazz everytime that someone was available the price tag was too high.
Chicago did not have an AK contract and now they have a very good team, not a dynamic duo but a good team.
tmoney Tulsa, OKApril 20, 2011 7:46 a.m.
Unfortunately, there are a few big differences with Chicago's team and Utah's team.
1. Noah is a lot bigger than Kirelenko and Milsap what a horrible comparison.
2. Derek Rose- lets just say it everyone he's BETTER than Deron Williams a lot better.
3. Deng is better than Miles, and Taj Gibson can play.
4. Top to bottom Chicago is just better than what the Jazz would have been had they kept Boozer. So far Chicago's success is all Derek Rose, Boozer has not played well his rebounding is what keeps him on the floor late in games. I'll give him props for that, but he is not counted on to score in Chicago like he was in Utah.
dustman Nampa, IDApril 20, 2011 7:28 a.m.
Where were all the local reporters using thier resources to keep Brewer, Boozer, and Korver before? Great question.
I think our problem here with the Jazz is that we think we need another stockton and malone show. why do we need a "dynamic duo?" Why can't we just get a good team?
The Bulls just don't have Boozer, Brewer, and Korver...They got a great team. They use all thier players well.
Name Already Used Fort Duchesne, UTApril 20, 2011 7:12 a.m.
Unlike "WhatsInItForMe," I don't own a gypsy's crystal ball. I'm not a BYU fan; however, I am a Jimmer fan. The hype and attention that he was given may get tiring for some; however, I think he handled fame with class. "Some are born great-others have it thrust upon them." With him, it is both. So how often does this come even close to Utah. Face it we're small potatoes. When you find a pearl among the clams--don't throw it back into the ocean.
ColoJazzFan Louisville, COApril 20, 2011 7:02 a.m.
I think that the difference is that Derek Rose is playing at a much higher level than we have ever seen from Williams. I'm not sure Williams is even capable.
Plus, Noah is more of an inside presence than Millsap offensive, defensively, and emotionally. I would rather have Millsap however. And, they have Luol Deng who should arguably been oh the All Star team this year.
Plus, the first two weeks of camp were spent on "defense" - probably why Boozer hurt himself in order to skip that part.
I find myself pulling for them since no other team is appealing...can't believe it!
josemb navotas, philippinesApril 20, 2011 2:55 a.m.
my sentiments exactly. and i am rooting for the bulls to win the title
Jazz Cop San Francisco, CAApril 20, 2011 12:31 a.m.
I don't think the Jazz are in a terrible spot, but it sure would be nice watching them in the playoffs. It was clear that the FO should've committed to Dwill and Boozer, the two players who were obviously key to any success. Instead, they planned around other players. If they had planned on keeping Boozer, man, I won't get into the team we could have right now, but Boozer on the team was unacceptable to EVERY reporter, why,
isn't it their job to make us fans appreciate our best players,
if not,
it's the reporters that need to get out, not our best players.
There's one thing that I think Doug can teach me, and that's how to make crow taste like chicken.
Jazz Cop San Francisco, CAApril 20, 2011 12:09 a.m.
The thing I don't understand about these reporters is that none of them, not one, wrote an article in defense of keeping boozer in utah, now they want to act like martryrs, everyone of them writing before last summer should be fired for being hypocrites instead.
And this article feels like now we're being punished, jazz fans arenot being punished, no one is making you watch bball if you don't want to, if i don't want to watch the jazz lose w/o boozer then i don't have to,
watching bball is about what is interesting to the individual, boozer was not interesting to these reporters, now the jazz aren't interesting for anyone,
WhatsInItForMe Orem, UtahApril 19, 2011 11:36 p.m.
I'm rooting for the Chicago Jazz to win it!
But, for next year's Jazz...
Players w/contracts of 2+ years:
Jefferson (C/PF, 26 years old w/7 years experience, 2 more years on contract); hard to replace
Favors (PF, 19 w/1, 3); franchise type
Millsap (PF/SF, 26 w/5, 2); still valuable
Harris (PG, 28 w/7, 2); can't lead team to championship
Bell (SG, 34 w/11, 2); trade, if possible
Hayward (SG/SF, 21 w/1, 3); possible superstar
Players w/1 year contracts:
Okur (C/PF, 31 w/9); who knows with him? Trade?
Evans (SF, 23 w/1); keeper if he develops outside shot
Free agents to re-sign:
Watson (PG, 31 w/10); too good a price for this good of a backup
Kirilenko (SF/PF, 30 w/10); does so many things, but injury prone anymore
Fesenko (C, 24 w/4); closes down the middle when he's playing; hard to ignore that
Miles (SF/SG, 24 w/6); if you must; depends on the draft or trades
DON'T re-sign Elson or Price.
DO draft Jimmer (1st pick), and maybe a hot-shooting SF.


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11-05-2013, 03:14 PM #1Registered User
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Hello. When it comes to the faux garrote, there has always been much talk of erotic asphyxiation. Personally, I don't believe that EA had anything to do with this crime. Some reasons:
1 Erotic asphyxiation is often called autoerotic asphyxiation for a reason. It is done for one's own pleasure. How often do we find someone who derives pleasure from witnessing or assisting someone else perform EA?
2 The whole point of EA is to augment orgasm by oxygen derivation. So the point of attempting this with a six year old is what?
3 Two of the three usual suspects, (my favorite two), are not post pubescent males, who account for the majority of EA instances.
4 The device left around JBR's neck is very poorly designed if it was to be intended as an EA device imo.
5 I believe that important items were likely removed from the scene. I surely believe that if the so called garrote was an actual EA device, that it would have been removed as well.
6 EA often comes from JDI's. Where are the people coming out over the years saying - "yeah, when I dated him he was into that". Not a single one to my knowledge.
Imo, there is really nothing at all that supports EA.
I agree; and feel the garrote was a sign of hatred toward JBR. Plus it was her own mothers paint brush handle. Only someone in the home would have had access to that or would have known where to get that...there was no break in. So.Dont Be A Sheep
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I don't think its auto-erotic asphyxiation either. I think the ropes are a part of the "corporal cleansing" procedure Patsy used. Steve Thomas mentions in his book that he believes Patsy subjected JonBenet to "corporal cleansing" but he doesn't define what he meant by that. However, imo, he means that Patsy, in a rage, while cleansing JonBenet, caused the blunt force trauma to JonBenet's skull. So by inference I think JonBenet was restrained using the ropes.
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This may seem weird, but I was wondering if it would at all be possible that the garrotte had been used as a 'leash'? I have no idea if this would be feasible or not given the construct, but I am just putting it out there.
If JBR was 'acting up' as alot of kids do after long, busy, exciting, days - perhaps PR and/or JR used this as somewhat of a control device? Hooking it around her neck and possibly leading JBR to the WC which might be used as a 'time out' chamber? On the way down there, she acted out/screamed/cried and someone grabbed a golf club and whacked her?
I realize that this sounds out there, so please be gentle - but its something that has been in my mind because the garrotte as an EA or as a strangulation device doesn't reconcile in my mind. As far as a 'time out chamber' - we certainly have heard about this type of thing in other cases, and the R's - IMO, are not above anything given the dsyfunction going on in that house.
All MOO, of course
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Welcome CCKP. Imo, it isn't "out there" to consider the leash angle. Somewhere in one of the books on this case Patsy mentioned that JonBenet and Burke sometimes played "doggies" and, iirc, JonBenet might wear a leash while Burke pretended to lead her around. I may have read this in "Death of Innocence" by John and Patsy Ramsey. If not that book then it was "JonBenet. Inside the Murder Investigation" by Steve Thomas or "Perfect Murder. Perfect Town," by Schiller. It's been so many years that I almost didn't post this because I don't want to mislead due to my poor memory.
I've considered EA playing a role, and to me it makes sense only in BDI theory.
I believe Burke was probably sexually abused, but I won't speculate by whom, I have no idea. Anyway, as you stated, EA is for the gratification of the one being asphyxiated. So I've considered what if Burke's abuser had taught Burke to choke him. The reason being, if the abuser, during the abuse, had one hand on himself and the other hand on Burke, how's he going to choke himself (assuming that's his thing)? So just teach Burke to do it, right?
Simply use the length of cord, without the brush handle so there is no freaky sex toy to be found by anyone who may stumble across it while doing any number of activities in their little play room, only an uninteresting piece of cord. How would he teach him? I assume just tell him, "here, wrap this around my neck like this and keep pulling it tighter until I nod at you"..."yeah, people like this, it's fun"...
Christmas night when Burke is playing doctor or whatever he may have been doing with JBR after coaxing her out of bed by promising to get her favorite snack for her, which he does, he says "hey, try this, people like it." He doesn't tell her to nod and she doesn't know to. He pulls too tight, explaining the first marks on her neck, and limits the blood flow to her brain, causing her to pass out. Once he realizes she's passed out, and won't answer him when he talks to her, he shakes her. She doesn't come to. He gets a little scared. He sees the hammer, decides that will wake her up. He swings the hammer entirely too hard, causing the head trauma. She goes into a seizure from the head trauma, convulsing and puking. The 9-year-old tears out of there, running back up to his room in an attempt to pretend to be asleep. Mom, still awake and packing, hears him and decides to investigate. These kids need to be sleeping, not up playing with their toys, we have an early flight tomorrow. She goes to the kids rooms. "Burke, where's your sister?" He pretends to sleep, not answering her. "Young man, I know you're awake, now tell me where JonBenet is." He rolls over, trying to appear sleepy-eyed. "I dunno, I think she went downstairs." Patsy looks at him, skeptically "You think, or you know?" He realizes he'd better tell, but doesn't want to get into trouble. "We went downstairs and we were playing in the basement and she started tying a rope around her neck and I told her to stop but she wouldn't, then she got sick and puked." "Where is she now Burke?" "Still down there". Patsy hurries down the stairs, Burke following. The scream reported by the neighbor is made by Patsy when she sees the little girl's body.
Sorry, I can get long-winded...anyway, that's pretty much my line of thinking at this point
Of course, it could also be that I'm way off. Thanks for the reply.
Im not sure that a child with rad, or simply a lack of conscience for whatever reason, would care how hard he swung a weapon into his victim's skull. There seems to be a disconnect behind the reasoning that i just dont quite get-- yet no doubt whatsoever that the violence from these children is usually really big overkill.
I dont think its because they "dont know their own strength"; they arent any less intelligent than other children. On the surface it just looks to me like they want to go to the furthest extreme that they possibly can, ie hit the hardest or find the... most unthinkable thing they can think of and then .. do it
I can understand not feeling attached to other people. I can understand being full of anger and wanting to hurt the object of their rage and then doing so spontaneously & within somewhat normal range. And i can certainly also understand employing violent techniques that have already been done to you yourself, and not having to think much about it when you strike-- it would come spontaneously, or at least appear so (when actually its been simmering in your soul though you may be unaware)... I know these things get reported but i cant help but point out that it's probably not as often as we are sometimes led to believe. i think its quite possible that mis-reportings or wrong analysis goes from one person to another and eventually honest smart people take it in as the truth.
Thats why imo you must always start from a skeptical, believe-in-innocence stance BUT (& this is a HUGE but!) if you do that, you have the further obligation to do your own research using original sourcework, and THEN you go where the evidence leads you.
So everything the OP said here I totally agreed with.. until the hammer part.
BUT: i was very happy to read everything else that was said. Its part of my own BDI. Only my theory had no Patsy involvement; I opined that part of getting his sister to go down to the cold dank basement which she hated was her brother saying (around the pineapple breakfast bar): Here! Take mom's sweater, it'll keep you warm...
This fiber-shedding sweater was taken from wherever P had laid it when they'd gotten home. Clothes were starting to become important to JB and this particular garment was (ok could have been) especially so. Afterall, her mother had only gotten it after admiring the same exact sweater on another woman...
So jb put it on, went down with br to wait for Santa's secret visit with a tummy full of a favorite snack and her brother acting kindly and loving towards her........ .... ....... Then once everything was done, the fibers were so prevelent in the evidence because that is what cold dank air does: It tends to stay low to the floor in a sort-of cloud....
(Sorry, cant just edit with the way Im posting) I should have written that thats what FIBERS would do in a cold dank basement.
So embarrassing pretend not to notice!
CCK, its your scenario of playing dogs with leashes that I so agreed with. i think the children played that alot when they were younger and so JB had fond memories of that and was happy to accomodate her brother the night of her death. He was being nice to her again! What loving sister would begrudge benefit of doubt?
And FreeSafety, your vision of burke poking her with escalating force & intrusion, ie train tracks, paint handles... Yes. To me that fits what happened better than starting out directly with a skull-splitting weapon. I dont doubt, however, that thats where it ended up, & that by THAT point, there was malice and intent involved.
Thats just me and Im no expert. Heck, Im lucky if i can just get my thoughts actually posted!
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Sometime, proponents of EA suggest that the device was fashioned in the past, and used on previous occasions.
However it is reported to have had JBR's hair entwined in the knots. Even the knot at the paintbrush handle. So was it a device made at leisure in the past in anticipation of abuse - or is it something made that night in the heat of the moment?
I say neither. It was either an old TOY that was used as a leash in their game, or a facsimile of same that was fashioned that night.
Also i guess my apology wasnt nearly specific enough. I Am sorry and hope the hammer doesnt get attributted to you, W.
That said, I should point out that the evidence of skull and brain damage rules out the possibility of more than one blow unless any additional blow coincidentally fell in exactly the same spot as the first. I believe all the damage done to JonBenet's head were caused by one blow by an instrument shaped to cause an elliptical depressed fracture of the skull. The linear fractures extend from this "hole" and resulted from the forces created by the shape of this same object. Alternately, many believe it could have been from her head being pushed into something, but I'll let them make that argument. There are many threads and posts where this is discussed.
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Dr Rosemary Marks, paediatrician and president of PSNZ says that further delay in bringing in mandatory fortification of bread will result in perhaps up to 20 preventable neural tube defect (NTD) pregnancies per year in NZ and up to 15 preventable terminations. The lifetime hospital costs alone of each child with spina bifida is about NZ$1 million, and the distress to the child and family, the lost family income and the educational and disability sector costs probably double the preventable costs to the taxpayer.
"The research shows us that folate can be added safely to bread, and when it is, the blood folate levels in the population rise. Comparing the latest research with figures from 2008/2009 show that double the number of women had red blood cell folate levels in the optimum range for preventing neural tube birth defects (NTD) like spina bifida" (from 26% to 59 % having RBC folate 906 nmol/L or above).
However, Dr Marks cautioned that the research also shows us that a highly monitored voluntary fortification programme gets us less than half-way to where we want to be in reducing NTD birth defect rates.
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Color noise is something you get with the Foveon sensor if you push the shadows really hard (which I think it is in that case).
If you like raising shadows think about shooting ISO 200, but at +1.0 ev. Then when processing in SPP move exposure down to fix any highlight clipping, use fill light no more than +0.3 to recover things a bit, and output a 16-bit TIFF file to finish in some other application using a combination of brightness and levels shadows/highlight recovery to restore the overall scene brightness and bring up the shadows more.
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