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Thursday, 29 August 2013 02:25 Published in National NewsFORT HOOD, Texas (AP) - A military jury has sentenced Maj. Nidal Hasan to death for the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, giving the Army psychiatrist what he believed would be a path to martyrdom in the attack on unarmed fellow soldiers.
The American-born Muslim, who has said he acted to protect Islamic insurgents abroad from American aggression, never denied being the gunman. In opening statements, he acknowledged to the jury that he pulled the trigger in a crowded waiting room where troops were getting final medical checkups before deploying to Iraq and Afghanistan.
Hasan could become the first American soldier executed in more than half a century once automatic appeals are exhausted. But the lead prosecutor assured jurors that Hasan would "never be a martyr" despite his attempt to tie the attack to his Islamic faith.
Gale Hunt, whose son was killed in the shooting, told reporters, "Anyone who would use their religion to commit acts of terrorism serves no god except their own hatred and self-interest."
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Department officials aren't saying exactly where or when drivers might be stopped, just that it could happen in any city neighborhood, any time between Friday morning and Sunday night.
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[quote:UndercoverAlien:MV8yMTEwMTA0XzM1NTc2MDk4XzRGNkFDNjM0] [quote:Defj@m:MV8yMTEwMTA0XzM1NTc1NTI0X0IxNTYzRUQx] [quote:UndercoverAlien:MV8yMTEwMTA0XzM1NTc0MjkxXzlGM0I2Mjc1] [quote:aliensbro:MV8yMTEwMTA0XzM1NTc0MDY3X0YyNDQwRkUx] [quote:UndercoverAlien:MV8yMTEwMTA0XzM1NTczOTUzXzRDMDI5QjBE] [quote:aliensbro:MV8yMTEwMTA0XzM1NTczNzc1XzlEQzk3MUIw] [quote:darkwolf007:MV8yMTEwMTA0XzM1NTczNjk2XzlCODE2N0Iz] [quote:aliensbro:MV8yMTEwMTA0XzM1NTczNjQxX0IwNEI4QzVE] Have you guys given any thought to the fact that these high up celebrities might not be retarded, but actually investing in something they believe to be real? I haven't looked into scientology, but alot of celebrities sure do line up to write that check, and from what I can see there's no inspiration to join other than to be a member.. Everyone thinks they're crazy. I think they might know something we don't, from the small description about their goal being to save the world from aliens inside human bodies, probably referencing reptilians, which I absolutely believe to exist. [/quote] Oh please, aliensbro! Scientology is just a made up religion like ALL other religions before it. The sadistic motherfucker who created Scientology made it all up specifically so he could be a literal god of epic proportions. It's all lies and other forms of deceptions, dude. I'm just glad that I'm 100% anti religion. Helps to protect me from such obvious nonsense. [/quote] 100% anti-religion is not the way to go, take it from someone who used to be there. I don't know much about scientology but why would these people pay money to be viewed as crazy assholes if not for some greater purpose? Anyone who thinks a computer program runs without an operating system would be considered a fool, and that's exactly how the universe works. No one omnipotent god, we are all gods of our own accord. If we were to create a species, we would be gods to them. Just as the race who created us are considered gods. One must look outside the box of the rosicrucian religions and see the bigger picture. All gods are aliens/other species. [b]We are gods in our own solar system/universe, just not in gods(whoever created us) solar system/universe.[/b] [/quote] Nope, we're more like the scum of the galaxy because Earth is quarantined and there's a legion of ancient fallen aliens imprisoned on this planet. There are OTHER alien races living in the underground of Mars, in the moons of Saturn and probably in undersea bases in the oceans of Neptune. Earth is monitored 24/7 to prevent that Americans and Russians deploy shit in space that put in risk the balance of the inner system. [/quote] You draw your conclusions from falacy, and imagination.. Humans are creators. If there weren't something special about humans why would any species/race be interested in our preservation? Our dna contains the ability to go above and beyond out of the physical plane and into the spiritual planes and realms you hear of in myths. Our creators do not have this ability, and this is why we are so valuable to them, and kept under great control. For if we found out our true capabilities our masters would no longer have a hold on us. They splice alien DNA with female neanderthal DNA to make modern humans in their own image, a way to find a loophole if you will. Their DNA is uncapable, ours is capable but unintelligent, so they splice intelligence with capability and create the ultimate species, so that through means of loophole they are able to advance their species into higher planes and dimensional realms. Just my $0.02 [/quote] You're talking about human POTENTIAL, not human REALITY. FACT: Our DNA is locked, jammed and encrypted. We don't know how to unleash metaphysical powers and even if we knew, we wouldn't know how to control it. A very few people in this planet, how to use metaphysical skills and most of them use it for the purposes of the dark cabala. Humans are not creators. The current human race of Earth is prone to destroy more than create. You sound like a 10 yo kid who listened some CDs of new age lectures. There are alien races interested in our preservation, because MASS-EXTINCTIONS of intelligent civilizations create karmic unbalance in the entire solar system. Not to mention, THEIR OWN past karma with humans for having used us in their wars, not exactly because they fell in love with us. Grow up a little bit more and step out of your fairy tale castle before you say that what other people said was [i]"fallacy and imagination." [/i] [/quote] And your idea about what we are is just as made up and childish as the person you criticised. At the end of the day there is no evidence to prove what either of you are claiming. These are all just theories that you can't use to trump someone else's theory without good, hard evidence. [/quote] So you are saying that I'm childish because I said that we have EGO, and we have KARMA and our actions and limited creativity is attached to it??? Or perhaps you are saying that I'm childish because I said that ancient aliens used us in wars when they lived on this planet as "gods". Relation EGO/KARMA and the mechanics of it can be verified by everyone in its own life, it doesn't need a scientific journal signed by the Royal Academy of Science to be proven real. Metaphysical experiments can be proven real ONLY by who practiced them. 9 out of 10 ancient civilizations reported the presence of "star gods" in this planet, their affairs, their wars, their passions and their relationship with humans. There are plenty of evidence to corroborate what's being discussed here, regardless whether you prefer to consider them myths or fantasies. And I didn't "trump" nobody's theory, he/she was the one who started FIRST claiming I was saying "fallacies", I just responded accordingly. Not that I owe you any explanations, but just because you didn't learn about something in school, it doesn't mean it's not real. [/quote]
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Beautifully Renovated 2 Bedroom Villa.Close to Beach and Golf
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Turtle Point Villas villa description
A perfect place for family or friends to spend their beach vacation. This villa offers easy access to golf, tennis and the beach.
Located just 40 minutes from historic Charleston, on Kiawah's East Beach, Turtle Point Villas are only 1/4 mile from Kiawah's luxurious hotel, The Sanctuary, with its exceptional restaurants, bars and spa. This villa is 200 yards from the Turtle Point golf course clubhouse and a short walk or bike ride to the beach.
This is a newly renovated two bedroom two bath villa. The master bedroom features a king bed, flat screen TV and on suite bathroom with tub. The guest bedroom has two twin beds with an attached full bathroom. The guest bedroom also features a TV and VCR. The bedrooms are newly carpeted.
The villa's kitchen is fully equipped with granite countertops and a breakfast bar. Right off the kitchen is the dining room which can comfortably seat 6. Also adjacent to the dining room is the screen porch as well as a back patio where you can enjoy dinner while taking in nature around you. The screen porch has a table and chairs for 4. The deck has patio furniture.
The open lay out between the dining room and family room makes it a great room for gathering. Plenty of seating and a flat screen TV await you in the family room. The main living area of the condo has bamboo floors.
The villa is equipped with a washer and dryer. WIFI available.
Rates do not include fees and taxes. 5 night minimum stay.
Weekly rates ranger from $820-$1,700 depending on season.
Keywords: Condo, Villa, Beach, Tennis and Golf resort
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Accommodation Type
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- Children Welcome
- Pets Not Allowed
- Non Smoking Only
- Minimum Age Limit For Renters
Bedrooms: 2 Bedrooms, Sleeps 4, Beds for 4
Kitchen & Dining
- Ice Maker
- Microwave
- Catering Available
- Kitchen
- Clothes Dryer
- Air Conditioning
- Linens Provided
- Babysitter
- Parking Off Street
- Washing Machine
- Satellite / Cable
- DVD Player
- Wireless Internet
- Telephone
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- Wind-Surfing
- Golf
- Sailing
- Water Skiing
- Swimming
- Kayaking
- Surfing
- Tennis
- Jet Skiing
- Hiking
- Freshwater Fishing
- Deepsea Fishing
- Fishing
- Cycling
- Pier Fishing
- Basketball Court
- Beachcombing
- Sight Seeing
- Boating
- Bird Watching
- Eco Tourism
- Restaurants
- Paddle Boating
- Walking
- ATM/Bank
- Medical Services
- Golf Privileges Optional
- Snorkeling/Diving
- Shopping
- Shelling
- Groceries
- Wildlife Viewing
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Clean, Convenient and Beautiful
- Guest Ginny (Woodstock, Georgia)
- Date of stay 02/18/13
- Review Submitted 10/17/13
This Villa is a wonderful family or couple's retreat. It is so convenient to the many luxuries of Kiawah Island, including the beach. We rode our bikes everywhere and rarely used our car. We walked to Turtle Point for dinner or just a glass of wine at sunset. We rode our bikes to the sanctuary to enjoy the beautiful view along with afternoon tea. We walked to the nature center and enjoyed the wildlife and educational programs. My 12 year old daughter loved the convenient location and enjoyed having her own room and private bath. We completed jigsaw puzzles on the kitchen table surrounded by beautiful, island views. I drank coffee on the screened porch while watching the golfers and wildlife. Although we stayed in February, we found plenty of things to do on the island. All electronics worked perfectly which contributed to our nighttime entertainment with movies and family shows. We loved this very clean and well appointed villa and we look forward to our next stay in it.Recommended for: Age 55+, romantic getaway, families with teenagers, tourists without a car, families with young children, girls getaway.
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can't wait to come back!
- Guest Leann (Greensboro, NC)
- Date of stay 03/29/13
- Review Submitted 04/15/13
My family and I came for the Easter holiday and we loved it! despite the cold temperatures! The condo is clean, decorated beautifully, had great mattresses, and stocked with all the necessities. It is in a very shaded area which would be great in the heat of the summer. And just a quick bike ride to the beach. We would usually see 2 gators on the way to the beach which was cool for my kids! and a quick bike ride to Heron Park, too. this condo is a perfect place for a family or a girls' weekend. i'm trying to figure out when we can come back. i've already recommended the property to many of my friends!Recommended for: Sightseeing, age 55+, romantic getaway, families with teenagers, tourists without a car, families with young children, girls getaway.
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Stay at our beautiful condo, winter rates by the week or month. Rates starting at $500.00 a week,monthly special $1050.00., plus 12.5 SC TAX
Offer for: Nov 30, 2013 - Mar 15, 2014 View calendar
Winter (October 8th-March 10th): $820/week Spring (March 11th-May 25th): from $850.00 Early Summer (May 26th-June 8th): from $850.00 Summer (June 9th-August 12th): from $1000.00 Late Summer (August 13th-September 5th): from$850.00 Fall (September 6th-October 7th): from $ 850.00 5 night minimum, contact us for rates, Rate does not include fees and taxes. Holiday rates may be different than listed above.
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About: We have been coming to Kiawah Island since 1986. It is a family friendly resort where you are close to golf, tennis, the beach, nature trails, and bike trails.
Why Turtle Point Villas:
We chose Kiawah Island because it one of the finest resorts in America. The resort amenities include a world class spa, some of the finest golf courses in all of America, two tennis centers, daily activities for children, world class dining and plenty of historical activities available 40 minutes away in Charleston.
The Unique Benefits at this Villa:
We love the close proximity to golf, tennis, and the 12 miles of pristine beach. We also enjoy the fine dining that is available on the island as well as in Charleston. The bike trails make it a fantastic island to get around on without the need of a car once you are settled.
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The Australian team have been asked to help a Swedish team that, according to research published in the US, found the chemical "was significantly higher in suicide attempters than in healthy controls".
"We now know the mechanism and the molecule involved, so we have to find a simple way of testing it," said Associate Professor Gilles Guillemin from UNSW Medicine.
"We think it will take about 12 months to develop a test that could give doctors results in 24 to 48 hours," he told AAP on Wednesday.
The aim was for doctors to be able to use the blood results to complement other diagnostic work.
The NSW team, who are world leaders on the chemical, had previously demonstrated quinolinic acid is involved in several brain diseases, including Alzheimer's disease, autism and schizophrenia.
Ultimately, it's hoped that doctors in the future will be able to stop the production of quinolinic acid by using specific enzyme inhibitors to block its production.
Bob Goldney, Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Adelaide, said the concept of a blood test was exciting.
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"The prediction of suicide is difficult. A blood test would be interesting but probably not very useful in terms of it being a specific predictor because so many factors influence suicidal behaviour."
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So now we are judge and jury now it said "alleged" child abuse that means the authorities have no proof...Poor People that judge and act before they have all of the facts in such a case. Don't they know that when they interrogate these women for hours on end and interpret there actions to be copied by others they jump to conclusions. Yes according to all of the post all Navy wives abuse their children all Navy men are unstable and this is one group of people so all Navy Wives WATCH-OUT they are coming after you. Give me a break...try to uncover all of the facts..before you sit her in front of a firing squad. Did anyone read the part where it says she has not been charged???????? Put yourself in the family of this family and then comment.."Judge Ye les Ye be Judged"..."but for by the Grace of God goes I"....Throw stones if you have had this happen in your family and know how all of the people involved feel. I just do not believe some of the comments made here...this is ridiculous if she is found guilty by a jury of her peers then we can talk but until then all are innocent until proven GUILTY...that could be your Mother, Sister, Daughter, Niece, Cousin, Aunt, Friend or someone close to you. That you Love and that also Loves you...This whole thing sickens me to the core and all of the negative comments here..How will this ever turn out fair after she has already been tried and convicted????
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September 9, 2008 on 1:47 pm | 3 CommentsIf you're like me, pretty much everyone you know is posting stuff to the Internet these days. Most of my friends have blogs of some sort. My cousin also plows a ton of baby pics onto Flickr every week. Even my grandma is on Facebook!
How do I keep track of all this activity? On My Yahoo of course!
Over the last two posts, we covered how to add content to My Yahoo via Add to My Yahoo buttons and RSS. Now that you know how, you can create a special page to follow your friends and family.
Here's how I do it.
First: I want to keep My Yahoo! organized, so I put all my friends' activity on its own tab. So I click "New Tab," and then call my fresh canvas "The Best People in the Universe."
Second: I navigate to my friends' blogs, Flickr feeds, Twitter, Facebook updates or whatever they update most frequently and look for Add to My Yahoo buttons and RSS logos.
After I add my friend's feeds to My Yahoo, I drag my friends to my "Best People" tab, which I know they'll appreciate more than when I drag them to my favorite noisy punk concerts.
Ta-da! Now I've got a hot, instant connection to my friends. When my old roommate finally dumps her slobby boyfriend, I'll know. When my cousin's baby starts reading Proust, I'll know.
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Performance When It Counts? the Myth of the Prime Time Performer in Professional Basketball
Berri, David J., Eschker, Erick, Journal of Economic Issues
The neoclassical vision of the world rests upon the notion that economic actors "know that which they do." In contrast, as James Peach and Richard Adkisson (1997) have noted, the work of such institutionalists as Thorstein Veblen, Clarence Ayres, John R. Commons, and John Kenneth Galbraith are driven by a desire to expose the mythology people employ to explain the world observed. Within this tradition, we consider the words Veblen offered on professional sports. (1)
This peculiar boyishness of temperament in sporting men immediately becomes apparent when attention is directed to the large element of make-believe that is present in all sporting activity. Sports share this character of make-believe with the games and exploits to which children, especially boys, are habitually inclined. Make-believe does not enter in the same proportion into all sports, but it is present in a very appreciable degree in all.... Except where it is adopted as a necessary means of secret communication, the use of a special slang in any employment is probably to be accepted as evidence that the occupation in question is substantially make-believe. ([1899] 1953, 170-171)
Contrary to the neoclassical vision, in which economic actors base their actions upon reality, Veblen saw the world of sports as make-believe. To illustrate the make-believe nature of professional sports, we turn to the National Basketball Association (NBA). Fans have asserted that some NBA players can choose to elevate their performance in the postseason. (2) Consider a typical quote from a sports writer:
Even if one despised the Los Angeles Lakers with an indefatigable passion, their history of making devastating, huge shots with games, series and seasons on the line cannot be ignored. Robert Horry, Derek Fisher and, of course, Kobe Bryant have all displayed the ability to consistently toss pressure aside and stroke game-changing shots. (Martin McNeal, "Bryant Takes Turn at Hitting Big Shot," Sacramento Bee, June 9, 2004)
The NBA's official Web site even ranks what it calls "prime time" players by posting player career differentials between points scored in the playoffs and points scored during the regular season.
The largest "prime time" mythology has most likely developed regarding Michael Jordan, who has often been labeled the greatest basketball player in the history of the game. Consider the dramatic story told about game 6 of the 1998 NBA finals between the Chicago Bulls and Utah Jazz. The Bulls led the series three games to two but needed to win one of two games in Utah to win the NBA championship. With twenty seconds remaining, it appeared that a seventh game would be necessary to decide the outcome of the series. The Utah Jazz had both the ball and a one-point lead. The Jazz still needed to score, so the ball went to one of the most prolific scorers in NBA history, Karl Malone. Jordan, though, proceeded to steal the ball from Malone. On the subsequent possession, Jordan had the ball and the following unfolded:
The defender (Byron Russell of the Utah Jazz) loses his footing and falls to the court as he tries to keep the best player in the game from blowing past him. Michael Jordan seizes the moment. He stops on a dime, elevates and lets fly with the shot that will win or lose the game. Nothing but net. (Sporting News NBA Guide 1998-99, 117; italics added)
The above story suggests that Jordan was able to elevate his game at the moment the Bulls needed to score in order to win the game. The box score from the same contest, however, reveals a different story. Prior to the game-winning shot, Jordan had taken thirty-four shots and made only fourteen, a success rate of 41 percent. Had Jordan just converted at a rate of 47 percent, his regular season performance, he would have already made two additional shots before the final seconds of the game and the game winning shot would not have been necessary. One wonders, if Jordan could choose to elevate his game and make a shot when it was needed, why he did not choose to elevate his game earlier in the contest and avoid missing twenty shots? Furthermore, if Jordan had this ability, why did he convert only 34.6 percent of his shots in game 5, a game the Bulls lost by two that would have also clinched the title?
Confirmation Bias in Basketball
Perhaps the way in which empirical evidence is processed by economic actors will influence their perception of reality. Herbert Simon introduced the concept of "bounded rationality" into the economists' dictionary in an effort to
focus attention upon the discrepancy between the perfect human rationality that is assumed in classical and neoclassical economic theory and the reality of human behavior as it is observed in economic life. The point was not that people are consciously and deliberately irrational ... but that neither their knowledge nor their powers of calculation allow them to achieve the high level of optimal adaptation of means to ends that is posited in economics. (1992, 3)
As noted by Amitai Etzioni (1988), the limits of the human mind have also been noted in the work of cognitive psychologists who introduced prospect theory) In essence, prospect theory states that people utilize various heuristic devices to simplify incoming information in an effort to overcome the limited ability of the human mind to process complex information. Such simplification tools bias a person's computations in a fashion that renders subsequent decisions inconsistent with the precepts of instrumental rationality.
One such device is the concept of confirmation bias, introduced in the work of Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky (1973). Under confirmation bias, people tend to more often notice evidence that supports their claims while ignoring evidence that refutes their a priori positions. In the present context, fans of an NBA player who they believe is a prime time player will be more likely to recall playoff games in which the player performs well and will be more likely to forget games in which the player performs poorly.
Is the "prime time" player a reflection of reality, or simply evidence of a cognitive bias in the perception of the NBA? Beyond the important topic of human rationality lies a more practical story for researchers examining the economics of sports. As noted in Berri, Schmidt, and Brook 2004, one additional playoff win generated an average of more than one million dollars in gate revenue from the 1992-93 season to the 1995-96 campaign. These authors estimated that one would need fourteen regular season victories to generate an equivalent level of revenue. Despite the revenue potential of the playoffs, past studies into the marginal revenue product of a professional athlete have typically focused solely on the regular season. Furthermore, we are aware of no study which compares the regular season to the playoffs. (4) If the prime time player does exist, though, the calculation of marginal revenue product via these traditional approaches severely underestimates the economic value of these athletes.
Measuring Player Productivity
Before we can answer whether or not some players can consistently perform better in the playoffs, we need a measure of productivity. Past studies employing data from professional basketball have usually employed a kitchen sink approach, which calculates productivity from a reduced form equation that includes every available productivity measure. Researchers such as James Quirk and Rodney Fort (1992), Gerald Scully (1995), Jeffery Jenkins (1996), and Andrew Hanssen and Torben Anderson (1999) have all argued against the kitchen sink approach and in favor of the accuracy offered by an index of player performance. The index we will employ was developed in Berri 2004. (5) Following the methodology laid forth in Scully 1974, wins are regressed upon two variables--points per possession employed and points surrendered per possession acquired. Possessions employed incorporate field goal attempts, offensive rebounds, turnovers, and a fraction of free throws attempted. Possessions acquired include opponent's turnovers, defensive rebounds, team rebounds, opponent's made field goals, and a fraction of opponent's made free throws. (6) Because both a team and its opponent average approximately one point per possession employed or acquired, the impacts upon wins of each of the elements employed in the model are essentially equal. Hence we are left with the following relatively simple model of player productivity:
Productivity (PROD) = PTS + ORB + DRB + STL - FGA - 0.44 * FTA - TO. (1)
where PTS = points scored, ORB = offensive rebounds, DRB = defensive rebounds, STL = steals, FGA = field goals attempted, FTA = free throws attempted, and TO = turnovers.
This model is very accurate, explaining 95 percent of team wins. Since players are given vastly different amounts of playing time, we will focus on a player's productivity on a per minute basis (PMIN), given by
PMIN = PROD/Minutes Played. (2)
Evidence for the Prime Time Performer
Our data are the complete player records from nine seasons, beginning in 1994-95 and concluding with the 2002-03 campaign. (7) Since we were looking for prime time, or "high impact," players, we looked at all players who played a significant number of minutes over an extended stay in the playoffs. Specifically, we defined an extended stay in the playoffs as one in which a player played in at least ten games in a given postseason. Furthermore, such players had to play at least twenty minutes per playoff contest and at least twenty minutes per regular season contest. Our population was 160 players and 333 observations over nine seasons.
Table 1 compares the average level of productivity offered by players in our population in both the regular and postseason. Player productivity was generally lower in the playoffs. For example, the average level of PMIN in the regular season was 0.189 while only 0.174 in the playoffs. We also considered each of the elements of PMIN, as well as assists and blocked shots. Like our analysis of productivity, we considered the player's per minute production of each variable. With the exception of free throws attempted and blocked shots, there is a decline in productivity between the regular season and the playoffs. For two thirds of the productivity measures, the regular season variance is greater than or equal to the playoff variance.
The correlation between the player's production of each measure in the playoffs and the regular season is quite high. For example, the correlation coefficient between a player's per minute point production in the regular and postseason is 0.906. Rebounds, field goal attempts, blocked shots, and assists also register a correlation of 0.90 or higher. In fact, only steals and turnovers have a correlation coefficient below 0.85.
Our primary concern is our measure of each player's marginal productivity, PMIN. As noted in table 1, the correlation between season and playoff productivity is 0.865. In other words, if one were to regress a player's postseason PMIN on the level of productivity the player achieved in the regular season, one would see that 75 percent of a player's playoff production can be explained by his regular season performance. (8)
Beyond the simple univariate approach, we also considered a model designed to connect postseason productivity to a number of theoretically relevant independent variables. In addition to a player's regular season contribution, we argue that postseason productivity should be influenced by four additional factors. The first is player injury, which should manifest itself in the number of games played in the regular season (REGGM). Second, observers of sports have argued that players will offer diminishing levels of productivity in the playoffs if the player is called upon to play excessive minutes in the regular season. Consequently, we considered the number of minutes played in the regular season (REGMIN). A related issue is the difference in minutes played per game in the postseason and the regular season (DIFMGM). (9) Finally, we considered the quality of the competition the player faces. This is captured by noting the seeding (SEED) a player's team is given in the playoffs. (10) Postseason per minute productivity is thus related to the factors listed in equation (3).
POST - PMIN [??] [[beta].sub.0] + [[beta].sub.1] REGPMIN + [[beta].sub.2] REGGM + [[beta].sub.3]; REGGM + [[beta].sub.4] DIFMGM +[[beta].sub.5] SEED + [member of]. (3)
The estimation of equation (3) is reported in table 2. The results indicate that little beyond regular season productivity explains postseason productivity. The explanatory power of the model is 0.76, or a power quite similar to the univariate approach outlined above. Still, one does see that postseason productivity is significantly impacted by both minutes played in the regular season and changes in the player's minutes per game. Specifically, the more minutes a player plays in the regular season, the worse he will play in the playoffs. Evaluated at the point of means, a 10 percent increase in minutes played in the regular season would result in a 1.7 percent decline in a player's per minute postseason productivity. Similarly, a small change in postseason performance is seen from changes in minutes per game. On average, the players in our sample played 2.06 additional minutes per contest in the postseason. Such an increase results in 2.7 percent improvement in postseason productivity. In sum, while both REGMIN and DIFMGM are statistically connected to postseason productivity, the economic significance is very small. Postseason productivity is still largely determined by regular season performance. (11)
Although such results indicate that prime time performers are not common in the NBA, how many players are able to consistently offer higher level of productivity in the postseason? Table 3 looks at the forty-one players who had at least three extended stays in the postseason. Only Rick Fox and Tim Duncan were able to consistently offer higher levels of productivity in the post-season. One should note, though, that in 1999 the difference in postseason and regular season productivity for Duncan was only 0.0001. Overall, thirteen players were able to offer higher levels of productivity in the postseason more often than not. Of these players, only Ron Harper, Fox, and Luc Longley won an NBA championship. Harper and Longley, though, failed to log thirty minutes per postseason game when each played for the world champion Chicago Bulls of 1996, 1997, and 1998. Fox did play more than thirty minutes per playoff game for the Los Angeles Lakers, who won the title in 2001 and 2002. Fox, though, averaged only ten points per contest for this team. In other words, on a team with star players like Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal, he was hardly the primary weapon driving the team toward the title.
What of the primary candidate for "prime time" player, Jordan? Jordan had extended playoff experience in 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998. Of the latter three seasons, Jordan's team won the championship. In each of these seasons Jordan's per minute productivity actually declined from his regular season performance. Only in 1995 did Jordan's playoff performance meet the definition of prime time. In that season, though, Jordan's team bowed out of the playoffs in the second round.
Fans often assert that a specific player is capable of elevating his play in the postseason. The perspective offered by researchers such as Simon, Kahneman, and Tversky suggests that fans may not be able to properly process the empirical evidence to the contrary. Our search failed to uncover evidence that the "prime time" player exists in the NBA. The analysis finds that players who perform well in the regular season also perform well in the playoffs, and we were unable to identify a player who could consistently exceed his regular season productivity. In the end, our results suggest that the prime time player is simply an additional aspect of the make-believe nature of sports.
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(l.) See Peach 2004 for a detailed discussion of Thorstein Vehlen and sports.
(2.) The postseason, or playoff, is the "tournament" that begins after the regular season ends. Only the best teams during the regular season can participate, and the team that wins every playoff series wins the championship.
(3.) Additionally, numerous other economists and scholars in the other social sciences have disputed the strong assumption of rationality offered by economists. This list of authors includes Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman (1974), George Akerlof and William Dickens (1982), Amitai Etzioni (1988), Douglass North (1994), and Roger McCain (1992), among others. For a review of the literature see Hosseini 1997.
(4.) For example, see Scully 1974, Medoff 1976, Raimondo 1983, Scott, Long, and Sompii 1985, Zimbalist 1992a and 1992b, Blass 1992, and Krautmann 1999.
(5.) This index was also employed in the work of Berri and Krautmann 2004, Lee and Berri 2004, Berri, Brook, Fenn, Frick, and Vicente-Mayoral forthcoming, and Berri and Schmidt 2004.
(6.) The work of David Berri (2004) indicates that this fraction is approximately 0.44, a result similar to the findings of Dean Oliver (2003) and John Hollinger (2003).
(7.) The regular season and playoff statistics for each player can be found at Bballsports.com.
(8.) For a univariate regression, [R.sup.2] = [(correlation coefficient).sup.2].
(9.) Often teams tighten their rotations in the postseason. In the regular season a team may play nine or ten players each night. As the games increase in importance, though, a coach will restrict his line-up to seven or eight players. DIFMGM is employed to see if these changes impact per minute productivity.
(10.) Sixteen teams make the playoffs, each year. These teams are the eight teams with the best record in the Eastern and Western conferences. Each conference is divided into two divisions. A team is given a one seed if it is has the best record in the conference. A two seed is given to the team leading the division not occupied by the best team in the conference. The remaining six teams are seeded in order of team winning percentage.
(11.) We also find that the lagged difference between playoff and season productivity does not significantly explain the current difference between playoff and season productivity. Additionally, Berri and Anthony Krautmann (2004) have found that the relationship between performance (PMIN) in successive regular seasons is very similar to the relationship that we report between the regular season and the postseason, suggesting players are as consistent from regular season to regular season as we observed from regular season to postseason.
David J. Berri and Erick Eschker
David Berri is Associate Professor of Economics at California State University-Bakersfield, and Erick Eschker is a Research Economist with the American Medical Association in Chicago. They would like to acknowledge Daniel Farhat, who provided excellent research assistance, and the insightful comments of Jim Peach and an anonymous referee. This paper was presented at the Western Economic Association international annual conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, in July 2004. Of course any errors are the responsibility of the authors.
Table 1. Descriptive Statistics for Per Minute Productivity Measures (Sample: 333 Players from 1995 to 2003) Variable Regular Season Playoffs Correlation between Mean Standard Mean Standard Season and Deviation Deviation Playoffs PMIN 0.189 0.088 0.174 0.089 0.865 Points 0.430 0.136 0.402 0.133 0.906 Rebounds 0.177 0.084 0.171 0.081 0.939 Steals 0.035 0.013 0.031 0.013 0.667 Field goal 0.342 0.099 0.323 0.099 0.916 attempts Free throw 0.115 0.057 0.116 0.060 0.887 attempts Turnovers 0.060 0.017 0.055 0.019 0.760 Blocked shots 0.021 0.023 0.020 0.022 0.921 Assists 0.103 0.060 0.090 0.055 0.937 Table 2. Estimated Coefficients for Equation (3) Variable Coefficients Constant 0.009 (0.530) REGPMIN 0.891 *** (31.039) REGGM 2.36E-04 (0.832) REGMIN -1.31E-05 *** (2.295) DIFMGM 2.31E-03 *** (3.333) SEED 1.61E-03 1.106 Adjusted R-squared 0.757 F-statistic 208.071 *** Notes: Dependent variable: Post-Season Per-minute Productivity (POST - PMIN). Ordinary least squares estimation. White heteroskedasticity-consistent standard errors and covariance Sample: 333 players from 1995 to 2003 (t-stats in parentheses). *** Significant at 5 percent level. ** Significant at 10 percent level (5 percent one-tailed). Table 3. Extended Playoff Appearance and Productivity, by Player Name Years of Years Average Playoff Extended of Above (Column 3 / Minus Season Post- Average Column 2) Productivity Season Post- Average Play Season Play Rick Fox 3 3 1.000 0.014 Tim Duncan 3 3 1.000 0.024 Reggie Miller 4 3 0.750 -0.010 Mark Jackson 4 3 0.750 0.025 Ron Harper 4 3 0.750 0.014 Charlie Ward 3 2 0.667 0.029 Nick Van Exel 3 2 0.667 -0.040 Aaron McKie 3 2 0.667 0.011 Jamal Mashburn 3 2 0.667 -0.025 Dan Majerle 3 2 0.667 0.021 Luc Longley 3 2 0.667 -0.002 Vlade Divac 3 2 0.667 -0.020 Chris Childs 5 3 0.600 0.010 Robert Horry 6 3 0.500 0.000 Steve Smith 4 2 0.500 -0.003 Derek Fisher 4 2 0.500 0.018 Dale Davis 4 2 0.500 0.001 Shaquille O'Neal 7 3 0.429 -0.015 David Robinson 5 2 0.400 -0.025 Scottie Pippen 5 2 0.400 -0.010 Jeff Hornacek 5 2 0.400 -0.014 Gary Payton 3 1 0.333 -0.017 Hersey Hawkins 3 1 0.333 0.018 Patrick Ewing 3 1 0.333 -0.007 Sean Elliott 3 1 0.333 -0.039 Mario Elie 3 1 0.333 -0.018 P.J. Brown 3 1 0.333 -0.007 Rik Smits 4 1 0.250 -0.020 Byron Russell 4 1 0.250 -0.015 Michael Jordan 4 1 0.250 -0.047 Avery Johnson 4 1 0.250 -0.014 Antonio Davis 4 1 0.250 -0.007 John Stockton 5 1 0.200 -0.042 Toni Kukoc 5 1 0.200 -0.031 Kobe Bryant 5 1 0.200 -0.053 Karl Malone 5 0 0.000 -0.076 Dennis Rodman 4 0 0.000 -0.091 Charles Oakley 4 0 0.000 -0.032 Detlef Schrempf 3 0 0.000 -0.030 Sam Perkins 3 0 0.000 -0.052 Allan Houston 3 0 0.000 -0.019…
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"Know what you know, know what you don't know, and understand and appreciate the distinction."
The message from any other man would be less meaningful
If the message came from anyone other than Ron Paul, who has a lifetime record to back it up, it would be harder to accept and rally behind.
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In my mind there are 2 reasons I say this over and over.
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2. Because to make it all about Ron Paul gives the PTB the power to focus on eliminating the messenger to stop the R3volution. Again it's important that we know there is no head to cut off to stop us from our pursuit of freedom.
Showing our unending adoration to Ron for all he has done to inspire us is very important and frankly it's alot of fun so I don't think the one negates the other. : )
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Aug 21 2013: Yes actually, couple occasions that literally saved my life.
When I was born until the age of 5 I was deaf. So whenever I would go to parks I would not play with the kids but just think, think, and think more, because that's all the communication I had until lip reading. After tubes put in my ears I was beginning to hear people for the first time instead of lip reading, but had to go to extended schooling on top of public school because I was using my nose for extra communication. So I think that's where it started and never went away.
My first encounter was when I was a child, the mind kept telling me to hate God instead of believing, I would cry and pray every night asking god to forgive me. Mainly the fear of being punished. Of course nothing happened but that was the furthest back I could think of. My skills in math, spelling was always 2 grades higher then everyone in my class throughout my schooling days. Of course until high school then I was a punk. But the voices never went away and I never really told my parents or family about it because I thought it was completely normal, until people started noticing I was talking to myself then I was sent for medical evaluation, I never told him the voices.
Years later after multiple events in my life I kept believing it was normal, it saved my life in Afghanistan. I always had the voice tell me whenever something bad was going to happen, I felt like I was going to throw up and had to get away, which on March 14th 2010, Helmand Province that feeling came to me. My squad responded to an IED attack 2 miles west where the other squad was hit. Helicopter came and evacuated the wounded interpreter. We hiked all the way out there. We finally arrived and sat down for a minute, we were in a 360 position between three of us and the IED was literally 5 inches away from me. Had the feeling and told my boys I felt something wrong. We got away from the position and only received wound from the ear instead of my legs or life.
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Mediatomb is an excellent UPnP server for Linux. Installation and configuration is drop-dead simple as an out of the box product. Aside from a basic configuration, which I will not get into here, Mediatomb has many configuration options that can be included to fine tune performance. When streaming large files (3.8GB or larger) to a PS3, even the slightest disruption in your LAN can cause the PS3 to jump back to the main menu. The solution is to create a buffer between the content and your PS3 to eliminate the issue of an intermittent lost connection. You will need to edit your /etc/mediatomb/config.xml file. By default, the online-content tag is without a buffer command. Copy and paste the line below and adjust it to your liking. You may have to tweak it a bit to meet your needs.
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Often, online content can be directly accessed by the player – we will just give it the URL. However, sometimes it may be necessary to proxy the content through MediaTomb. This setting defines the buffer size in bytes, that will be used when fetching content from the web. The value must not be less than allowed by the curl library (usually 16384 bytes).
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