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Transaction Analysis
Youkilis Changes Sox
Traded 3B-R Kevin Youkilis and $5.5 million to the White Sox for RHP Zach Stewart and UTL-R Brent Lillibridge. [6/24]
The Will Middlebrooks Era is officially underway in Boston. Youkilis fell from grace quickly thanks to injuries, a slow start, and Middlebrooks' hot start. With no position for Youkilis to play most days, it was only a matter of time before Boston pulled the trigger on a trade. The Diamondbacks, Dodgers, Pirates, and Indians were mentioned, amongst others, but in the end, the White Sox won out.
Stewart, formerly a third-round pick, will join his fourth organization. The story is simple: his stuff is better than his results. He relies on a two-pitch attack: a heavy, 90-mph sinker and a slider with two-plane movement. Although Stewart has started in the past, that ship has seemingly sailed, leaving him stranded on the Island of Middle Relievers. A spot start earlier in the week saw him yield nine hits, six runs, and one home runs against the Cubs in 5 2/3 innings of work. The early indications are that Stewart will head to the minors
Lillibridge, meanwhile, joins the big league bench. A capable defender at multiple positions, Lillibridge also shows good sense on the bases, at least during the run of play. Lillibridge would be more valuable if not for his bat, save 216 plate appearances last season. He strikes out about 30 percent of the time and doesn't walk or hit for enough power to atone for it.
If that seems like an uninspiring return, it's because it is. Writing that Boston dumped Youkilis might be a bit rash, but they did trade him for two marginal talents. The grim reality for grieving Red Sox fans is that this was probably the best offer on the table.
Acquired 3B-R Kevin Youkilis and $5.5 million from the Red Sox for RHP Zach Stewart and UTL-R Brent Lillibridge. [6/24]
Are Youkilis' days as a productive big-league player over? One scout, as quoted by Danny Knobler in mid-June, seemed to think so: "For what he costs, he can't do anything."
Receiving a touch more than $5.5 million in cash in addition to Youkilis mitigates the cost factor almost entirely (Youkilis had roughly $6 million remaining on his 2012 contract), but there is still reason for apprehension in Youkilis' statistical profile. His contact rate is a career worst, as are his strikeout and walk rates (down to an unfathomable 8.7 percent for a man nicknamed the Greek God of Walks) and Isolated Power (.134). Given Youkilis' age (33) and injury history (13 entries on his injury report in the past 365 days alone), there is reason to think that no upside exists.
That analysis, however, ignores factors that make this a worthwhile gamble for Kenny Williams. These factors start with the opportunity cost. The White Sox are unlikely to miss Stewart or Lillibridge anytime soon. That Youkilis, who seemed to clash with Bobby Valentine throughout the season, gets away from what had become a land of discontent towards him should also prove beneficial. Then you have the most obvious angle: the White Sox do not need vintage Youkilis in order to gain value. Orlando Hudson, the incumbent everyday third baseman, is hitting .193/.254/.304 on the season, and that's buoyed by his time in the NL with the Padres. Youkilis is hitting .225/.311/.359.
Chicago is in the thick of the playoff hunt, so why wouldn't Williams make this deal and potentially increase his chances? Besides, with one of the game's best medical staffs in tow and the resurrections of Adam Dunn and Alex Rios underneath their belts this season, would a Youkilis revival surprise anyone?
An industry friend proposes this concept: some players are prone to success in one league more so than the other. Fukudome might become an example for his argument. After spending parts of four seasons in the National League and hitting .262/.369/.403, Fukudome came to the American League and rattled off a .237/.299/.345 line over 309 plate appearances. Is it the league or the player? Fukudome's contact and strikeout-to-walk ratios were close to normal this season (albeit in a small sample). What stands out is a complete power outage. One extra-base hit in 51 plate appearances would make it tough to employ Fukudome even if he had a better batting average than the .171 figure he sports. An oblique injury landed Fukudome on the disabled list for most of June. Upon his return, the White Sox considered it time to bid adieu.
Placed RHP Bartolo Colon on the 15-day disabled list. [6/23]
Griffin invariably will draw comparisons to Joe Blanton. Both are bulbous righties with more command than stuff. Griffin's velocity sits in the high-80s or low-90s, depending on the wind, and his best pitch is a changeup. He makes up for his shortcomings by displaying excellent command and pitching aptitude. Griffin should develop into a back-of-the-rotation option. Or, as Jason Wojciechowski pointed out, maybe not:
The first thing that jumps off his stat sheet is his walk rate: in two and a half minor league seasons, he's walked just 53 of the 1126 batters he's faced, a 4.7% rate. He's struck out over five times as many and has mostly kept his homer rate under control.
Reasonable points throughout, but you can't blame the A's for giving Griffin a shot. Their rotation already features Tyson Ross and Travis Blackley, they don't seem comfortable promoting Brad Peacock to the majors just yet, and the other alternative on the 40-man roster is Graham Godfrey. There's a decent chance Griffin isn't a useful big-league starting pitcher; there's a great chance Godfrey isn't.
Claimed INF-S Brooks Conrad off waivers from the Brewers. [6/22]
No ballplayer nicknamed "Raw Dog" is likely to exude craft*. Conrad is no different. He relies upon his bat, not his glove, and bears a striking resemblance to Sutton. Both are switch-hitting utility infielders without good defensive reputations. The difference is that Conrad offers more than Sutton does of the three true outcomes. He will strike out more, walk more, and hit more home runs (and hit more extra-base hits in general). In retrospect, the Rays' interest in Conrad isn't surprising. Tampa Bay tried adding Conrad during the offseason, but he opted instead for Milwaukee, citing playing time concerns. Conrad should be thankful for a big league job whether he receives burn or not.
*Chipper Jones bestowed the nickname upon Conrad because he does not wear batting gloves, according to Kevin Orris of Capitol Avenue Club.
The Rays have two batters with True Averages of more than .290: Evan Longoria and Joyce. Both are now on the disabled list, leaving Ben Zobrist and Carlos Pena as the team's best hitters. After them, try Elliot Johnson and Jose Lobaton. At least Keppinger is back; he returned with a five-hit game on Saturday.
Sutton was claimed off waivers by the Pirates.
Acquired RHP Sean O'Sullivan from the Royals for cash considerations. [6/21]
Injuries have led to this. O'Sullivan is a mediocrity, but he's one that's at least capable of starting a game if necessary. If that sounds like faint praise, consider these notable quotables from O'Sullivan's past three BP Annual comments:
2010: He's adept at setting up hitters with a three-pitch arsenal consisting of a 90 mph fastball with good movement, a plus curve, and an average changeup, but he lacks a true out pitch.
That about sums it up.
(For those who enjoy satire, Will McDonald's take on the O'Sullivan trade from the Royals' perspective is worth your time.)
Designated INF-R Edwin Maysonet and LHP Juan Perez for assignment. [6/22]
Hernandez is still searching for his first start this season, and all signs point to it coming in Milwaukee. The Brewers have three starters on the disabled list, including Shaun Marcum, and recently optioned Tyler Thornburg to the minors. Theoretically, the Brewers could recall another starter (like Wily Peralta), but if that were the plan then adding Hernandez seems unnecessary. A return to the rotation should be comforting for Hernandez, who increased his career relief innings from three to 34 this season. Hernandez's best asset is his durability with his second-best asset being a shake of quality. Durability without quality is the flip side of the same coin as quality without durability—both will get you tossed into the 'pen.
It's hard to cavil with the Braves' usage of Hernandez; however, asking him to assume a role where he averages fewer than two innings per appearance seems misguided. There are pitchers better equipped for that role than Hernandez. You don't buy Hernandez with the intent for him to serve as a grill: quick and fast with flames. His style is more befitting of a crock-pot: long and slow with mild heat. The Brewers should get better results from Hernandez, assuming they read the label first.
R.J. Anderson is an author of Baseball Prospectus. Follow @r_j_anderson
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Matt Kory
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It was certainly the best offer on the table. I very much doubt the Red Sox, all things being equal or even marginally unequal, wanted to deal Youkilis to another AL team. But when that's all there is then that's all there is. Take it or don't. The Red Sox took it.
Jun 24, 2012 21:03 PM
Do we certainly know it was the best offer on the table? We're talking about the same front office that took Chris Carpenter as compensation for Theo Epstein only to watch his elbow go "sproing" within a month.
Jun 24, 2012 23:01 PM
Matt Kory
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We don't know it was the best offer on the table, we know the Red Sox thought it was the best offer on the table.
Jun 25, 2012 00:35 AM
He's an often-injured player who hasn't hit very well for a year and a half, with dodgy defence, and only under control to the end of the season. Couple that with the fact that everybody in the world knows you need to trade him, and you're never going to get much that matters for him.
Jun 25, 2012 06:24 AM
Youkilis has actually posted better fielding numbers in terms of fielding percentage and range factor than Middlebrooks based on 40 games of each player at third base.
Jun 25, 2012 08:42 AM
bobby V damaged his trade value with his public rant about Youk's work ethic. Whether true or false (I say false) it was an idiot move in that sense, plus it was just classless to go public with that kind of thing. Youk has won a lot of important games for the Sox.
Jun 24, 2012 23:32 PM
Because make no mistake about it, the Chisox won this trade. Stewart and Lillibridge is kind of a joke of a return.
Jun 24, 2012 23:32 PM
Not to mention the upside for the White Sox is high. Even if his bat is diminished, it should be better than Hudson and since he has experience at 3B, he should be a defensive upgrade too.
Jun 25, 2012 01:46 AM
I agree- isn't "upside", by definition the BEST (or at least 90th percentile) outcome one could expect? In that case, who's to say Youkilis won't pull a Lance Berkman and suddenly rediscover is stroke/approach? If his upside is what he is capable of doing, that is HUGE.
Jun 25, 2012 06:26 AM
Everyone in the world knew the Red Sox were over a barrel in terms of playing time unless one of the three (Youkilis, Gonzalez or Middlebrooks) got hurt. In similar situations, I don't think most teams have gotten good returns. I don't think either of the players the Red Sox got will help them, and the move is probably being done primarily to 1) minimize the chance things go nuclear in the Red Sox clubhouse with a complaining Youkilis and/or 2) to make sure there are no threats to Middlebrooks' confidence as "the guy" with a capable replacement just lurking there on the bench.
Jun 25, 2012 03:35 AM
Isn't what the Red Sox received the first reflection of what the new free agency compensation rules of the new collective bargaining agreement will do to player trade values in mid-season trades?
Jun 26, 2012 13:29 PM
You bring up a good point and I think that's a fantastic observation about the compensation rules. I do not know if the extra wild card spot might mitigate some of that drop in value, but going forward, I'll be thinking about your comment as the trade deadline continues.
Jun 26, 2012 17:54 PM
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Vise Short List what to pick
Hi there,
Ashamed to admit that I have been fly fishing for 10 years, but never tied a fly before. Inspired by my son, I would like to start tying. My motivation is not to save money but to bring some of my ideas into it. Also, I would like to show my son that its fun to learn new things.
Price Point: ~$150
I have affinity for quality. Within a reasonable price range I would always opt for quality over value. Most of my fishing rods are Winston and reels are made by Hardy. I would like to get a vise that is well made and more precise. I do not care for lots of bells and whistles. Rotary would be nice. But, educate me if it is necessary.
I see vises at different price points. Now, help me understand if it is better to get an average company's top or middle of the line model or a leading brands lower level model.
I would like to buy a good vise that I can grow with. I am never going to tie commercially but I would like to enjoy tying. Also, I am not going to be tying complicated stuff at the beginning. but eventually I would like to learn to tie some atlantic salmon flies (hair wing) for fishing (not display). So, it would be helpful to be able to find alternative jaws for the vise that can hold different size flies. Following is my short list. I would appreciate if you can comment on these. List is in the order of my preference.
1. Griffin Blackfoot Mongoose: Like the looks. not sure about the quality and durability issues. Also, how does it compare to the HMH Spartan or Regal Medallion from the build quality and smoothness point of view
2. Anvil Atlas: very similar opinion as the Griffin. Any comment about the quality and durability would be great. Again how does it compare to the griffin or the Spartan
3. Peak Rotary vise: I hear that a lot of people use this vise. Is it too bulky and heavy around the jaw? Also, what is the build quality and what are the durability issues with this vise. How would you compare it with the Blackfoot or the Atlas.
Your help is much appreciated. Thank you so much.
Re: Vise Short List what to pick
I'm very pleased with the quality Anvil puts out. I don't have the Atlas so I can't comment on it but the Apex is built to last. Very heavy rugged components. The jaws will hold hooks from 2/0 to 22 which covers everything I'll ever tie. It has rotary function but not "in line" rotary (I think the Atlas has in line rotary though and can be used for wrapping materials). I only need the rotary function for checking the entire circumference of the fly anyway. Very solid base on this vise; won't tip even when spinning deer hair. Also comes with a c-clamp but I haven't used it yet. Hope this ramble is of some use to you :)
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Just got an Atlas and can say I like it a lot. The rotary feature is really nice, as is fit and finish.
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Welcome to the forum and to fly tying. I'd recommend a read of this. These guys did a very good job reviewing vises within your budget. Mind you it slightly dated, but for the most part very much relevant.
Fly Tying Vises In-Depth Review by Fly Fish Ohio!
Personally, I tie on a Peak. Very happy with the build and use. I've not found the head too bulky until I get down to say 18 and below. When I'm at that point, I use the Midge Jaws. I have tied thousands of flies on mine since 2009 and have not had one single issue.
You might also want to have a look at Regal Medallion or the Traveler series. The other to have a look at is the Renzetti Traveler. Both great companies with well respected products.
Good luck, let us know what you end up with.
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Thanks for all the replies. I appreciate it. I have considered the regal medallion, but was not overly inspired by its design or looks. I have no doubt it is a good vise, but, I just wanted something different.
Keep the suggestions coming. I will take a look at the renzetties too.
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I read the vise review by fly fish Ohio. While it is a very informative document, I thought that the numaric rating did not quite match their written comments. HMH SX vise is a great example. They raved about the vise in the comments section then gave it a poor rating.
Anyway, thats just my opinion.
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I've been through 3 or 4 $10-$20 vises over the years. I spent a lot of time on the OFF's vise shoot-out. I'd lusted for the HMH for years. When the time came that the up grade would become reality, I went with the Anvil Apex. I've been really happy with it and the comments in the Ohio Fly fishers reveiw were dead on. I pretty much disregarded the numerical rating-down grading the vice because of the box it comes in? Really?
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As I was checking the Anvil website I came across this info. Does it mean that the Apex and Atlas vises are no longer a part of Anvil. If that is the case, who knows how the warranty services are going to be handled.
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I sent Anvil's sales guy an email and a link to see if he'd like to join the discussion.
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I have the Dnya-King King fisher vice and can't say enough about the quality and workmanship not to mention performance. Fairly basic but just right for me. MSRP-145.00 Built in wine country CA by a family run business.
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The contact owns a 2005 Jeep Liberty. While driving over a bump at approximately 40 mph, the vehicle suddenly began to shake and vibrate when pressing the brake pedal. The contact indicated that the abs sensor light later illuminated. The cause of the failure was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 124,547.
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Same gas problem it overflows tank when filling it. Abs light, esp bas, and traction control lights came on and brakes go all the way to the floor at times. Window regulators keep going out making my vehicle unsafe for me to put my child in. As a single parent I cannot afford to keep paying for costly repairs (mainly the windows) to prevent my child from getting sick in wisconsin winter. I do not have time in my day to sit and wait on repairs to be done. I hate risking frost bite when my window decides to fall and I'm trying to hold it up! it is now snowing and my drivers side window has fallen into my door yet again and it is 2 am and I really hope garbage bags keep it dry!.
After sitting at a red light, I attemped to pull off from the stop, the abs light and the tracktion control light came on and the rear brakes locked up. I was a mile from home, I put the vehicle in four wheel drive in order to get it to move. I drove one mile to my home and parked, I could smell the brakes. I let the vehicle sit for approximately one hour, tried to drive it and it operated as if nothing had happened. I drove the vehicle again the next day with no problems.
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The esp bas, traction control, and abs lights come one randomly. . . Could be driving, in park, going 20 mph. . . Has been going on now since April. . . Dealership says they cant do anything unless the lights are on/active. . . This morning my brakes tried to give out on me and it really scared me. . . I am a mother and need to trust that I paid for a reliable vehicle. . . After reading about 30 different forums I am not the only one that is having this problem. . . This needs to get fixed immediately please.
The contact owns a 2002 Jeep Liberty. The contact stated that the abs warning light illuminated as the vehicle was started. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The manufacture was contacted and they stated there were not any recalls for the vehicle. The failure mileage was not available and the current mileage was 130,000.
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While traveling on the highway at approx 55-60 mph, driver depressed brakes to quickly slow down to avoid the car in front which had slowed and was turning. Rear brakes on vehicle locked causing vehicle to screech, tires to smoke and vehicle to spin around in a circle and cross center line on the highway. It was a clean, dry highway at approx 5:45 pm. Fortunately, there were no other vehicles in the area besides the one in front. Had an automobile been behind the vehicle, it would have resulted in a crash. Driver was able to drive away from the scene. Abs light came on after the incident, but did not illuminate when vehicle was started the next time about 2 hours later. Abs light was not on prior to the incident. Vehicle has not been operated since it was re-started 2 hours after incident and driven about 6 miles home.
In response to all the complaints of abs light and brakes feeling like they won't work. . . . . . I had this problem and was at the dealership a lot over the last 2 years. It turned out to be a burnt wire!!! I have not had any problems in the last 3 months(which is a long time for this car)!!!!!!!!!!. Please tell your mechanic to check the brake sensor (abs sensor) wires!!.
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Write Optimization: Myths, Comparison, Clarifications, Part 2
In my last post, we talked about the read/write tradeoff of indexing data structures, and some ways that people augment B-trees in order to get better write performance. We also talked about the significant drawbacks of each method, and I promised to show some more fundamental approaches.
We had two "workload-based" techniques: inserting in sequential order, and using fewer indexes, and two "data structure-based" techniques: a write buffer, and OLAP. Remember, the most common thing people do when faced with an insertion bottleneck is to use fewer indexes, and this kills query performance. So keep in mind that all our work on write-optimization is really work for read-optimization, in that write-optimized indexes are cheap enough that you can keep all the ones you need to get good read performance.
Today, I'll draw some parallels with the write buffer and OLAP. Recall that the write buffer gets you a small insertion speedup but doesn't really hurt query time, and OLAP gets you a big insertion speedup but doesn't let you query your data for a long time. We'll also use the fact that sequential insertions are orders of magnitude faster than random insertions.
With that in mind, let's move on to the new generation of write optimization.
Two Great Tastes: Log-Structured Merge trees (LSMs)
We couldn't manage to get both insertion and query performance out of either a write buffer or OLAP. But they're similar techniques, just at two extremes.
LSMs are two great tastes that taste great together. To start, make the buffer big, but make it a B-tree, so you can query data as it arrives. In fact, suppose you have log(N) B-trees, B1, B2, …, Blog(N), each twice the size of the one before. If B-trees are slow, using more of them sounds crazy, but I promise we're getting somewhere.
Each B-tree has twice the capacity of the one before it. So Bk can hold 2k elements. When a new row arrives, put it in B-tree B1. When B1 reaches capacity (which in this case is 2 rows), dump those rows into B2. B2's capacity is 4 rows. When B2 overflows, you dump the items into B3, which has a capacity of 8 rows, and so on. The trick here is that each time we dump things down to the next B-tree, they're already sorted, so we get the insertion boost out of doing sequential insertions.
The first log(M) B-trees are in memory (where M is the size of memory). A simple optimization is to just have one B-tree for all these levels, because in-memory B-trees are fast. Once you start flowing out of memory, you are always merging one tree with another which has at most twice as many rows. This way, the smaller B-tree can be treated like the large, OLAP-style buffer, and you get a similarly large speedup, in fact, this merge happens at disk bandwidth speeds.
Not so fast, you say: You don't get to use all the bandwidth, because each row gets moved from B-tree to B-tree, and it uses up bandwidth each time. This is true, but it turns out that you're operating at a 1/log(N/M) fraction of bandwidth, which is a lot better than a B-tree, by orders of magnitude.
Alas, the queries are not so great. Even though we made the buffer into B-trees, which are good for queries, you now need to do a query in each one. There are log(N/M) of them on disk, so this ends up being slower than a B-tree by a log(N/M) factor. There's that pesky tradeoff, which is much better than the B-tree tradeoff, but still not the mathematically optimal tradeoff.
One last point: if instead of growing the B-trees by a factor of 2, you grow them by a larger factor, you slow down your insertions but speed up your queries. Once again, the tradeoff emerges.
Have Your Cake and Eat It Too: COLAs
A COLA (that's Cache-Oblivious Lookahead Array) is a lot like an LSM, with the queries done in a better way. To begin with, you use a technique called fractional cascading to maintain some information about the relationship from one level to the next. This information can take many forms, but what's important is that you don't restart your query at each level and end up doing a full B-tree query log(N) times. Instead, you get to do a small local search. If you do things just right, you can match the query time of a single B-tree. This is true even if you are doubling your structures at each level, so in addition, COLAs are as fast at insertions as LSMs.
Let me repeat that: they match B-trees for queries while simultaneously matching LSMs for insertions. It's nice to note that COLAs are on the mathematically optimal write/read tradeoff curve, and they're a proof, by example, that B-trees are not optimal.
This flavor of data structure, which combines the insertion speed of the size-doubling hierarchy of sorted structures (the LSM) with the query speed boost of fractional cascading, goes by many names and can be found dressed up in a bunch of surprising ways, but the underlying math, as well as the performance, is exactly the same.
For bonus points, if you read my colleagues' paper on COLAs, you'll see that they are described as being log(B) slower than B-trees on queries. This log(B) is easily recouped in practice—giving you the same query speed as B-trees—if you give up so-called cache obliviousness (a property which is nice mathematically, but not as nice as having faster queries).
Write Optimization is the Best Read Optimization
I've been focusing on write optimization, and Fractal Trees do go a couple of orders of magnitude faster than B-trees for indexing that pesky non-sequential data. What that means for the user is typically read optimization: you start adding all the indexes you needed all along, since indexes are so wonderfully cheap to update. My motto is: write optimization is the best read optimization!
You can get COLA-style read-optimal, write-optimized goodness here at Tokutek, where it is marketed as Fractal Trees and available in TokuDB for MySQL and MariaDB.
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Very Nicely written. Puts the larger ideas into perspective.
One question – in an LSM tree, how are the updates carried out? The paper is difficult to read, and I got the idea that in implementation there has to be a background threading merging the trees.
[…] http://www.tokutek.com/2011/10/write-optimization-myths-comparison-clarifications-part-2/ […]
So w.r.t. LSM trees, I'm seeing that at least 1 new implementation (LevelDB) uses a fanout of 10 instead of 2 that I am used to seeing COLA for example. i.e. Each lower (or higher) level is 10x the previous level. Assume that L0 can hold at most 1 element, L1 at most 10, L2 at most 100, etc…
This doesn't affect the asymptotics since 10 is still a constant and inserts are still O((1/B) * log N) amortized, but there's a huge honking constant (~55) hidden in the big-oh. What do you make of this, and why do you think this tradeoff was made?
p.s. In spam protection, you should start asking big-Oh related questions rather than algebra 😉
Oops forgot to divide the constant. Should be 5, not 55 – not so bad now huh? But I'm still interested in knowing why the magic number 10 might have been chosen.
Thanks a lot for your comments Leif! 🙂
> In a Fractal Tree, when you increase the fanout, you
> decrease the size of a flush, which is the number that
> represents the amount of amortizing going on.
I am assuming 2 things:
1. I am assuming you are speaking of a tree that roughly looks like a buffer-tree (with sqrt(B) keys, and hence fanout and the rest of the space being used for the insert buffer).
2. You keep the size of the node the same, which means that there's lesser buffer space.
> … which is a nice thing to say on marketing materials.
That's actually pretty neat as calculations go! 🙂
> Changing the fanout is something that we talk about from
> time to time, it's somewhat open for discussion.
Is there any method to this "madness" of selecting the fanout/block-size? I was thinking that running a simple program that does a bunch of seeks and reads off 1-byte from each seeked location and then does reads of 1k, 2k, 4k, etc… and then compares where the seek time equals the read bandwidth would dictate the block size. i.e. If it takes 2ms to seek and 2ms on the average to read off 143kiB, then the block size should be 143kiB, since that's where the 2 meet. Is this intuitively okay or do you see some holes in it?
> Yep, it looks like a buffer-tree, but with 4 <= F F = sqrt(B).
Makes sense. Do you have any numbers on how insert/query performance is affected by changing these?
My guess would be that if F exceeds the amount that causes one page to exceed the "optimal block size", then both suffer since you need to read more data than you would in the same time as it takes for a seek.
> And we keep the max node size the same (but it's allowed to be
> smaller, and it can be bigger for a moment before it flushes or splits).
Am guessing this is an implementation issue to account for rows that cause the buffer to spill out of the allocated page size. And smaller might be to reduce the amount of data read in case most of the buffer space is unused. Please correct me if I am wrong, since these seem like useful optimizations.
Will let you know when I run tests. I am guessing the results will vary across HDD and SSD.
This talks about disk efficiency quite a bit, but what about CPU efficiency? How do these data structures compare for CPU usage for writes, scans, and queries? It has been my experience that many data structures are built to optimize disk but fail to optimize well for CPU, leading to bottlenecks if the I/O subsystem is fast enough.
Lower CPU use can translate into less I/O bandwidth — just like how write optimization can allow for more indexes and thus faster reads, lower CPU can be used to add delta compression of keys or compression of disk blocks.
Does this data structure support any delta-compression of keys (or similar)? I'm working with large, long keys where shared prefixes are common and long (20 to 150 bytes).
Information about cache-friendly trees is hard to come by, and mostly concerned with optimizing the on-disk portion, where I am concerned mostly with in-memory data-structures.
I read the COLA paper a few years ago and again this last week. You mention briefly that you can in practice speed up the queries. Can you point me in the direction how to do this?
In the paper, they implemented cache aware COLAs; called g-COLAs. It was against these that they ran the performance tests, so I'm guessing it is something above and beyond this that you are talking about.
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Friday, August 31, 2012
Frank A. Beshai, Dianna Biancheria, Mary Keefe and City Councilor Kate Toomey all e-filed their expenditures from January 1 through August 19, 2012. The expense report from candidate Ralph Perez was not available online and may have been paper filed.
Toomey Tops List
Of the four candidates who e-filed, Toomey's $14,798.47 in expenditures topped the list, which included $9,193.83 in previously reported expenses.
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Beshai showed the smallest purse of the reporting candidates, and his $5,000.73 were used primarily for mailings, signage and pamphlets.
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With the primary less than a week away, Keefe boasted the largest remaining war chest by far, with $13,637.48 still in her campaign coffers.
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FOXBOROUGH — With so much being made about how the tight end position has transformed the National Football League, especially those tight ends who came late to the game after having played basketball collegiately (a la San Diego's Antonio Gates and New Orleans' Jimmy Graham), Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski was asked today if he had any experience playing basketball.
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"I believe jump balls, too, you're going up in the air and grabbing the ball and everything, so, yeah, I'd say [playing] basketball definitely helped out. That's why you see other great tight ends who played basketball in college and everything doing what they're doing because I feel like it translates right into the game of football."


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North Charleston, SC, United States, 2010/02/03 - Human resources software company PeopleMatter® announced today that it has received $2.3 million in investment capital from Harbert Venture Partners, a Virginia-based firm - PeopleMatter.com.
The funds will help the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company market its unique, people-centric solutions that develop and motivate employees in a way that will grow a business.
PeopleMatter is truly visionary in its definition of the way employers connect with their employees and job candidates, said Wayne Hunter, Managing Partner of Harbert Venture Partners, who will join the PeopleMatter board of directors.
Founded by a team of human resource (HR) professionals, PeopleMatter brings the emerging world of online talent management to small and mid-sized businesses. The companys software packs the power of a Fortune 500 management system in a program that is affordable, easy to use and intended for small and mid-sized businesses.
PeopleMatter enables human resources managers to organize and integrate their onboarding, training, employee performance, retention programs and other HR data in one place. It has many competitive advantages: the product is priced for small businesses, its portable, web-based, behaves intuitively with the people it serves and is backed by people who believe employees are a companys biggest asset.
The financing from Harbert Venture Partners brings us one step closer to launching a smart, powerful HR management tool, said Nate DaPore, President and CEO of PeopleMatter. Our new product comes at a time when small to mid-sized employers need a more cost effective method to grow and retain the employees that make their company shine. Up until now, a system like this was simply beyond the reach of smaller employers.
The new investment is the second part of an overall $7.2 million financing round led by Intersouth Partners of Durham, NC. The capital will be used to accelerate product development, build the PeopleMatter brand, and expand the companys staff in core areas.
Were pleased to have Harbert join PeopleMatters existing investor group, said Mitch Mumma, partner at Intersouth Partners and a member of the PeopleMatter board of directors. This company is poised to do exciting things in a market that has been underserved, and will enter the market at a critical time as many small and medium-sized businesses strive for greater efficiencies in strategic human resources.
About PeopleMatter
Founded in September 2009, PeopleMatter® (peoplematter.com) provides a unique integrated online learning/talent management solution that spans the complete hire-to-retire process. Designed for small to mid-size employers, PeopleMatter products are easy to use, powerfully productive and surprisingly personal.
About Harbert Venture Partners
Harbert Venture Partners (harbert.net) provides growth capital to early stage information technology and healthcare companies primarily across the Southeastern U.S., seeking to capitalize on what they believe are compelling regional dynamics, such as a strong and fast-growing economy, significant research and development activities, an established entrepreneurial community and a relative lack of residential institutional venture capital. Their office in Richmond, Virginia and additional team members in Birmingham, Alabama are well positioned to help Harbert Venture Partners identify attractive opportunities.
About Intersouth Partners
Located in Durham, North Carolina, Intersouth Partners (intersouth.com) is one of the largest, most active and most experienced early-stage venture funds in the country, having invested in more than 100 private companies over the last two decades. Founded in 1985, Intersouth Partners manages $780 million in seven venture capital limited partnerships. Intersouth seeks a broad range of seed and early-stage investment opportunities throughout the Southeast, focusing on the technology and life sciences sectors.
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I have a Samsung Galaxy Note II which I LOVE. The only downfall to this phone for me comes when running. It is too big for any armband I have seen, and all the belts I've seen look even smaller.
I use it for music and for Runkeeper. I could use a Shuffle that I have for music but then I still have the Runkeeper problem. I really need something for intervals as I am in the run/walk stages, and I like that Runkeeper tells me exactly when to run or walk.
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For the next thirteen years, Tiger nearly lived up to his parents' outsized expectations. He conquered the world of golf, settled down with a beautiful Swedish model, and started a family. His net worth approached one billion dollars. Everything was going according to planuntil the scandal hit.
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Small Entrepreneurs – Pikkuyrittäjät
Let's make children's ideas happen!
Listen to children playing. You hear ideas. You hear stories, where everything is possible. Let's make these ideas happen in real life! Our goal is to have Pikkuyrittäjät clubs all around Finland.
Pikkuyrittäjät (Small Entrepreneurs) is a club for 4.-5. graders where children can try out, how it feels like to be an entrepreneur.
What happens in Pikkuyrittäjät club?
In Pikkuyrittäjät clubs children will develop new ideas around various themes and learn by doing. One club consists of nine club events plus additional company visit. At the final day of every club, all small entrepreneurs can use the skills they've learned: All teams will meet their potential real customers and be able to sell them their real products or services.
During the first club day children learn about what is entrepreneurship and how do enterprises work. After this they invent their own ideas and choose one for further development. During the next days children name their companies, write slogans, design and draw logos and make advertisements, to be able to present their ideas on the final day. Every company will also set up a real webpage. In addition to this there is a visit to an advertising agency during the club, where children have a possibility to familiarize themselves with the world of advertising.
Why are we doing this? Which are our goals?
We are helping children to find their personal strengths and learn new skills. We offer positive experiences and would like to show, that anything can be achieved with an entrepreneurial mind set!
We support every child to try new things and use their existing skills and knowledge. This helps children to adapt a good attitude towards their future lives, school and working careers.
By supporting Pikkuyrittäjät you can affect on our future builders. How do today's children see entrepreneurship and how do they act later in working life.
Our vision is to make Finland to know about Pikkuyrittäjät, and by 2020 run 1000 clubs yearly, reaching around 25% of 4.-5. graders every year.
How will we use the money?
Our goal is to have Pikkuyrittäjät clubs all around Finland.
With your help we could start new clubs around Finland, educate new instructors, gather and produce new material for clubs and organize visits to various companies.
Join us to make Small Entrepreneurs big!
Your support is more than money. It's happiness, feelings and learning by doing. You can help us to create possibilities for children. Every amount of money is big for Pikkuyrittäjät – even the smallest one. Choose the most suitable way for you to support our clubs. Every penny goes for children, to our small entrepreneurs. This campaign has an official fundraising permission (rahankeräyslupa).


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It seems like Darth Vader's turned a positive corner recently. He's become part of the Disney family after all, so maybe the whole hanging out with princesses thing is turning him into a softie. Or maybe he just got a bad rep all these years. Whatever the case, it doesn't seem like the Dark Lord is all that bad. Why? Well, these kiddos are proof.
We'd like to take a moment to give sweet, sweet thanks to our girl J.K. Rowling for introducing us to the coolest wizard of all time-- Harry Potter. Why? Because he rules. Remember how Harry fought off Lord Voldemort and had an awesome pet owl? It's impressive stuff.
Warning: our obsession with baby animals is unstoppable. Can you honestly blame us, though? We're already suckers for anything fuzzy and adorable, but when it comes in a tiny version, we're just sucked in automatically. Remember miniature puppies or itty bitty kittens? Our point exactly.
Being a dog in today's society must be really confusing. They're probably thinking, "how have I suddenly sprouted human eyebrows?" or "why the heck am I driving Power Wheels?" The answer is simple -- because confused dogs are hilarious. That's why we love it when they catch a glimpse of themselves in the mirror.
When it comes to the game of haircuts, choosing the right one can be really tricky. One second everything is going fine, the next the lady at Supercuts has decided that the best way to make you look like Winona Ryder is to shave part of your head. There is one style that instantly screams "I am awesome and you got your hair cut at Supercuts"-- the mohawk. As our luck would have it, we've come across a whole slew of babies who have achieved this rockstar look. Check 'em out below!
Sloths have always been cute little things, but we have Kristen Bell to thank for bringing their sheer adorableness to light this time last year. Sure, the actress is really, really emotionally attached to the animals, but we honestly can't blame her. Sloths make any situation like, 20 times cuter. Taking a bath? Check. Wearing onesies? You betcha!
Technology can be really confusing sometimes. Take the Roomba, for example. It's a vacuum that basically does all the work on its own, cleaning the floor at the click of a button. While we're not entirely sure how the whole thing works, there is one hilarious thing that comes out of the invention-- babies and cats love riding them.
There are tons of animals that are highly underrated and go unnoticed way too often. Do baby anteaters or giraffes ring a bell? However, there is one animal that tops the list-- hedgehogs.
If there's one thing we know about dogs, it's that they love attention. In our experience, pupsters are full-on hams when it comes to getting in front of the camera, and truthfully, we wouldn't have it any other way. Remember those ridiculously cute Halloween costumes? We rest our case.
If there's anything cuter than a poodle, it's a poodle in a sweater. Come on, you can't tell us a Pokemon pug isn't totally adorable or a Santa puppy fails to pull on your animal-loving heartstrings. That being said, things are kept fairly tame on our end when it comes to dressing up our dogs, because we don't want to embarrass them too much.
Pugs are some of the funniest pups around. For starters, they have a knack for eating peanut butter and dressing up like Avengers. The bulging eyes, heavy breathing, tongue hanging out-- they can't help but look hilariously adorable no matter what the situation.
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Wishing Lantern Themed Sweet Table Ideas
Decorating By Stitches Updated 13 Sep 2013 , 1:38am by Stitches
Hi all,
I'm usually good with creative ideas........but this theme has me stumped!! I have a client who wants a themed sweet table and the theme of the party is 'wishing lanterns'.
So it's a theater/play house that's having their annual gala and they'll have strung lanterns through out the theater stage above where the guests will be seated for dining. I'm having a hard time visualizing how I can incorporate that theme into my sweet table.
The first thing that comes to my mind is candles glowing on the sweet table. But than I become worried about the fire hazards of that, so that idea is out. I've also thought about sparklers, again flammable..........so that's a no go. I'd love to drape lights above the table, but really I can't... given their unbelievably high ceiling and I'm not a set designer....I need to bring my ideas down into decorating the pastries.
I've done a bunch of searches online but I can't find a visual that conveys this theme.
HELP, please!! Any ideas are welcome!
Is the theme those wishing lanterns that get released, and fly up into the sky?
AThere are several types of battery operated lights that you could get. The tea light ones actually flicker....you could disguise them somehow......
You don't need to do candles. Do mini LED lights or fairy berries
They look great and add a nice glow.
How about not worrying about the desserts and make one nice table centerpiece that unifies the theme.
Did they pick a color scheme for their lanterns? That's another way to approach a tie in
How about not worrying about the desserts and make one nice table centerpiece that unifies the theme.
Did they pick a color scheme for their lanterns? That's another way to approach a tie in
First, they've never had a nice sweets table so it's something the director is trying to get passed through committee. So based on my portfolio on my website, she's trying to get them to go for something like I've done. Their usual sweets table consists of donations from multiple vendors, that they set on their own trays. So this would be a big step if she can get it passed. Plus they'd be paying me, it won't be a donation like the past.....so I need to wow them!
The color theme is eggplant purple and burnt orange.......I don't know what color the table cloth will be ........but, neither color works for my pastries garnishes. They do have floral centerpieces, I've got no idea what those will look like and I won't see them in advance. So it wouldn't be right for me to make a lantern centerpiece because that might piss off the florist (whom is a BIG donator).
I started day dreaming about using all kinds of gold dusted chocolate garnishes and putting every pastry into a gold foil liner and maybe sprinkling gold dust over things. The idea being the sparkle of light off the gold (and it works with their color scheme)............but is that too far of a stretch?
Lynne3 that's it! Thank-you!


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Still seems fun enough for me to give a shot. I'm a fan of Japanese tropes, manga, anime and all their wierdness. I notice there's strange meta-humour trend going sometimes, especially in the post anime skits, NPC as the true protagnoist? Also of course, reminds me of Recettear, one of my favourite games.
Oh, is this like the missing words round in "Have I got news for you"?Fowl Sorcerous wrote: »unless I can every single pole-arm from the AD&D players handbook this game is a failure.
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Burton Upon Trent, September 11, 2012 – The penultimate round of this year's Pirelli-supported MINI Challenge will take place at the Brands Hatch Grand Prix circuit next weekend where British Touring Car Championship driver Paul O'Neill will join the grid.
Located just 20 miles outside central London, Brands Hatch – the former home of the British Grand Prix – was a hive of activity last week when it was used as the venue for the Paralympic road cycling events. Next weekend will consist of three action-packed races as the seven-round series nears the end of its first season with Pirelli as the championship's exclusive tyre supplier.
Two classes are entered in this year's MINI Challenge: the turbocharged John Cooper Works (JCW) class and the Club class. Henry Gilbert will be aiming to extend his lead in the JCW class, where he currently leads second-placed Jono Brown by 22 points.
Former MINI Challenge champion Lee Allen is third in the overall standings but successfully leads the highly competitive Club Class. Chris Smith is second, 20 points adrift of Allen.
The JCW class will be provided with slick and wet options: the 225/625-17 DH slick and 225/625-17 WS wet tyre. Pirelli DH slicks and N3 wets will be available to the Club Class.
Pirelli Tyre UK operations manager, Matthew Corby, said: "Brands Hatch is one of the most iconic circuits on the MINI Challenge calendar with famous corners such as a Paddock Hill bend. It also features some very technical sections such as the Druids hairpin that will certainly test our Pirelli rubber to the limit. It will be extra special to see the MINI Challenge competing on the same track where Alex Zanardi took an emotional gold in the hand cycling event at last week's Paralympics."
Series promoter Paul Harvey commented: "The Brands Hatch GP circuit is the one that all the drivers want to race on and it will produce some excellent wheel to wheel competition. Everyone is looking forward to seeing how front-running BTCC driver Paul O'Neill gets on against the MINI Challenge regulars."
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Archinect - News 2017-09-21T01:18:11-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/61981682/plant-partners-receive-faculty-of-engineering-team-alumni-achievement-medal PLANT Partners Receive Faculty of Engineering Team Alumni Achievement Medal PLANT Architect Inc. 2012-11-23T11:34:00-05:00 >2012-11-26T19:07:43-05:00
 PLANT partners Lisa Rapoport, Chris Pommer, and Mary Tremain have been awarded the 2012 Faculty of Engineering Team Alumni Achievement Medal from the University of Waterloo. The awards ceremony took place on Thursday 22 November 2012 at the annual Dean of Engineering Dinner in Waterloo, Ontario, where Dean Pearl Sullivan presented the medal to the team. Since 2005, this prestigious award has established a tangible recognition of the professional achievements, volunteer leadership, and research excellence of Waterloo Engineering alumni.

 Rapoport, Pommer, and Tremain founded PLANT Architect Inc. in 1997, using their academic experience as a launching pad for their collaborative practice. Since that time, the partners have moved beyond architecture, branching into the domains of landscape, ecology, furniture, art, graphic design, and public space.

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The morning alarm goes off. You drag yourself into the shower. Can you adjust the water setting on the handle? Are you conserving water, maybe one gallons worth a minute? If not, you must not have a Water Pik showerhead!
Since 1974, Water Pik has been engineering smart water pulsation devices for oral care, and more recently, the shower industry. Fort Collins. With nearly 150 employees in Fort Collins, Water Pik designs and markets cutting-edge technology for these two markets.
If youve purchased an appliance lately you are aware of the Energy Star rating. The EPA also has a water conservation and efficiency scale. Water Sense helps consumers quickly identify products and models that conserve water. Beginning in 2010 Water Pik will have many products earning this seal of approval. In fact, Good Housekeeping recently gave their seal of approval to Water Piks EcoFlow. Using just 2 gallons of water a minute, a family can save more than 7,000 gallons of water per year. Read the article »
Located on Prospect and Riverside Avenues, Water Pik applies its innovative business practices to its own internal activities. As a Climate Wise business partner, Water Pik has substantially reduced its waste, energy and water use, and encouraged bicycle and public transportation through bus pass discounts, carpool incentives, and company participation on Bike to Work Day.


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Visit St. Pete/Clearwater/FlickrAccording to AAA, more than one third of Americans will take a family vacation this year.
Between the upcoming warmer weather and lack of summer break, millions of us are likely to spend some desktop time looking through potential destination spots on Expedia. This is the time of year when millions of people are looking for something out of the ordinary to look forward to.
Most travelers have experienced firsthand the exaggerated gratitude for products that make our journeys easier, as well as how enormously frustrating travel inconveniences can be. If you forget something essential on a five day trip, you might not spend nearly half your trip without it, or have to spend much more for something you have sitting on your nightstand at home.
According to Amazon, these are the 5 things travelers most frequently forget. Take a glance through the list and maybe pick up some extras and save yourself some angst if you, like one-third of your fellow Americans, plan on heading out of town in the near future.


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DSTW1 WM Phone – dual sim Windows Mobile Phone
Are you looking for a dual sim Windows Mobile device ? DSTW1 WM Phone seems to do that that. It doesn't have very attractive hardware specs but if dual sim is what you are after it might be worth a look. Glofiish DX900 is another choice for dual sim users which offers better hardware than the DSTW1.
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It wasn't fly fishing, but it was fishing, and it CERTAINLY was embarrasing!
The local PD Chief and I (I was Fire Chief then) went out for a day of trolling the channel for Summer walleye's in the tailwaters of a local hydro electric plant. After a good day of fishing (is there really ever a bad day?), we were headed back to the boat launch, talking about our catch, and the "one that got away". I had the "helm" of the 14' aluminum boat, but he was sitting a couple of seats up, facing the rear towards me, as we headed back to the lauch area.
He, like me, is a "big" guy, so the only thing that i really couldn't see well, wa directly right in from to me, as it was blocked by his profile. We will both swear on stacks of Bibles that there was no beer or other ETOH on-board either the boat or us, either!
Well, let me tell you, what a resounding thump and crash occurs when a 14' aluminum boat, being pushed by a little 15HP E-rude, SLAMS into a full-size river buey at full speed!
Fortunately, no one was hurt; no tackle broken (though it was tossed about a little), and a local welding shop was able to repair the cracked-open bow plate on the boat. (Did I mention that it was my Dad's boat, which we had borrowed? I didn't think so...)
Nothing hurt but our pride and a few bucks out of the wallets to fix the boat, but we still laugh about it whenever we get together!
- Rick
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