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Occupy Wall Street: Live Coverage
Protests sweep New York City and the world.
Protesters now say they are headed to Washington Square Park.by Matthew Lysiak via mobile
The march, perhaps 2,000 strong, is headed north up Broadway. Nelini Stamp, a 23-year-old organizer from Bedford- Stuyvesant, ran alongside and handed out fliers. They're headed to Washington Square Park, she said, to join students from city schools rallying there. There will be "students from all over," Stamp said. "It's mostly public school students, who get more of the cuts."by Matthew DeLuca via email
Protesters have assembled in front of Chase Bank on Broadway. "Shame on you!" they are chanting. Employees inside the branch appear to be laughing.by Matthew Lysiak via mobile
As the Occupy Wall Street protests echo around the world, demonstrators took to the streets in Sweden. (Photo by Maja Suslin/AP)
Via our Larry McShane:
Swedish protesters echoed the lower Manhattan encampment by describing themselves as the "99 percent" - a reference to the inequality between the average person and the world's richest 1%.by Meena Hart Duerson
The protesters awkwardly crossed paths with the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer walkers at the intersection of Murray and Broadway. Both squeezed into one half of the sidewalk to make room for the other.by Matthew Lysiak via mobile
The march's informal fife and drum corps makes use of what's at hand, as in the case of this percussionist, as they head at a snail's pace up Broadway past City Hall.by Matthew DeLuca via email
by Matthew Lysiak via mobile
Marchers are now heading down Chambers. NYPD are shadowing every step of the wayby Matthew Lysiak via mobile
Protesters march at Bradenburg Gate to support the "Occupy Wall Street" movement in Berlin, Germany. (Michael Sohn/AP)
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In Germany, thousands of protesters marched through Berlin and Frankfurt. The Berlin crowd battled with police as they veered toward Germany's government offices, while the Frankfurt demonstrators used toy pistols to fire soap bubbles. Demonstrations were reported in 50 German cities.by Meena Hart Duerson
Police officers fired gas in Rome on Saturday, as protesters smashed shop windows and torched cars in demonstration. (Gregorio Borgia/AP)by Meena Hart Duerson
The march, having made a number of twists and turns, continues northward in its unpredictable but mostly orderly fashion, now on West Broadway. This is the route marchers took last weekend on their way to Washington Square.by Matthew DeLuca via email
Photographers wait for the march at the corner of Franklin and West Broadway.by Matthew DeLuca via email
NYPD are telling business owners along West Broadway not to allow protesters or media on stoops or property. The marchers are staying on the sidewalk.by Matthew Lysiak via mobile
The protest heads up Sixth Avenue.by Matthew DeLuca via email
Marchers are chanting "Whose street? Our street!" as they move up 6th Avenue towards Laight Street.by Matthew Lysiak via mobile
Marchers hand diners copies of the Occupied Wall Street Journal, a pro-movement publication, with their lunch menus.by Matthew DeLuca via email
Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly just answered a few questions about today's protests:
"There's about 500 people marching toward Washington Square Park. We're aware of their destination, so far things have been very orderly."by Jonathan Lemire
Kelly, however, refused to guarantee that cops would be able to avoid future clashes with the Occupy Wall Street marchers:
"I can't look down the road, I don't have a crystal ball. We are going to enforce the law when it's violated. The vast majority of the demonstrations have been peaceful and we'd like them to stay that way."by Jonathan Lemire
Marchers chanting to onlookers "Don't watch us, join us, u r the 99%" - #occupywallstreet #owsby nyclu via twitter 10/15/2011 5:44:24 PM
Several hundred protesters have already assembled in Washington Square.by Matthew Lysiak via mobile
Police funnel protesters back onto the sidewalk as marchers turn east on to Waverly Place from 6th Avenue, a block from Washington Square Park.by Matthew DeLuca via email
Protesters, including these advocates for more comprehensive health care coverage, waited at Washington Square Park as marchers from Zuccotti streamed in.by Matthew DeLuca via email
Protesters, including these advocates for more comprehensive health care coverage, waited at Washington Square Park as marchers from Zuccotti streamed in.by Matthew DeLuca via email
energy amping up, but all peaceful chants and drums #occupywallstreet #owsby nyclu via twitter 10/15/2011 5:57:35 PM
The protesters have converged to the west of Washington Square Park, and are preparing to hold a General Assembly, a form of community meeting held twice daily in Zuccotti Park.
"We're going to wait a few minutes and let everyone get settled in, then get some more information," an organizer said before the drums started up again and the crowd began chanting "Get up, get down. There's revolution in this town," and "We are unstoppable, another world is possible."
Will Russell, 30, said he and friends were waiting at Washington Square Park. "This is a General Assembly for students and people who are related to education in some way, to lay the foundation for a weekly GA," the biology graduate student at Hunter College said. Russell, a resident of the East Village, said that he's heard plans to foster broader involvement among the city's students, but declined to speculate on how that may be accomplished.
Marchers came to the park to hold an informational meeting last weekend. "This is a student movement," Russell said. "This is one struggle whether you're a worker or a student or a parent."by Matthew DeLuca via email
Different groups and workshops have sprung up across Washington Square espousing liberal causes. This one is about how to reform health care to provide for all people.by Matthew Lysiak via mobile
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The several hundred marchers have just hit Washington Square where several hundred more were waiting.
"Take the square!" they chanted as the poured in through the giant arches.
"Now the whole world can hear us and we have a message for them - we are here. We are staying. And we are really, really, pissed off," said Mark Diamond, 28, a student at NYU.
"Change begins here and now," he said.
Several marchers beat drums played cow bell, and one man played sax as they circled around the inside of the park to cheers and applause.
Park security stationed itself in the grass to prevent protesters from leaving the sidewalks.
"This is what Democracy looks like," they chanted..along with "We got sold out. They got bailed out!"
Different circles around the park focused on different aspects of the "movement" - including a health care forum and a "students ally with labor."
It was eclectic. A communist organization was handing out literature. A few Ayn Rand advocates were holding "End the FED" signs.
"I'm here to voice my discontent to end the wars, tax the rich, clean up the environment," said Scott Mccullion, 56, Ocean City, Maryland.
"In 72 I marched against the war. Now I'm active again and it feels great. Everyone is energized. It's contagious. It's revolution."
Labor Unions were also strong in number. Especially UAW members.
"Inequality is at a ridiculous level. The top one percent wields all the influence. We are here to take it back," said Chris Garcia, 22, Maspeth, Queens.by Meena Hart Duerson
As the General Assembly begins, word drifts through the crowd that Times Square is the next destination. A march is planned to leave for Times Square at 3:30 pm.
Chris Said, 29, a neuroscientist who works at NYU, is in the crowd here. "I have a job and I don't have any personal difficulties," he said. "But the poor are getting poorer and the rich are getting richer and I think that's bad for society."
Said, who lives on Washington Square Park, has been visiting Zuccotti Park regularly over the last three weeks. "I think wealthy people in America have too much money and too much power. I'd like to see higher taxes on the rich."by Matthew DeLuca via email
At least a dozen protesters are now being arrested outside Citibank at 555 LaGuardia. One protester's hands were bleeding as he was pulled into an NYPD vanby Matthew Lysiak via mobile
Protester leaves Citibank in cuffs.by Matthew Lysiak via mobile
As the protesters are being led out of Citibank in cuffs, the crowd cheers and yells "thank you!"by Matthew Lysiak via mobile
After hearing that students were arrested at a Citibank branch on La Guardia Place blocks from Washington Square Park, a contingent of several hundred protesters broke off to join them.
"We're coming here in solidarity with them to protest what I am sure were their illegal arrests," said Josh Wiles, 27, a teacher who lives in Bedford-Stuyvesant.by Matthew DeLuca via email
The number of arrests at Citibank is up to twenty.by Matthew Lysiak via mobile
The protesters that were not arrested at Citibank have again converged on Washington Square Park.by Matthew Lysiak via mobile
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A protester in Washington Square Park takes a smoke break under a giant papier mache megaphone. The protesters have been prohibited from using megaphones.by Matthew DeLuca via email
A new standard bearer joins the front of the march as it moves out the north entrance of Washington Square Park. Organizers say they're marching to Times Square.by Matthew DeLuca via email
To those of you hearing reports of a standoff and arrests at Chase Bank at Astor Place, our photographer on the scene says about 40 protesters talked about getting arrested and had a brief sit-in before getting up at the last second and avoiding arrest.by Meena Hart Duerson
Marchers continue up Sixth Avenue, at the corner of West Tenth Street now, with occasional reminders from the police to remain on the sidewalk and off the lampposts.by Matthew DeLuca via email
As the march continues north up 6th Avenue, David Suker hands out copies of the Occupied Wall Street Journal and invites passersby to join. As for why the crowd is headed to Times Square, the 43-year-old teacher from the South Bronx says, "To party. We're celebrating yesterday's victory over Bloomberg and his Wall Street buddies."by Matthew DeLuca via email
The view down 6th from the corner of W. 13th.by Matthew DeLuca via email
Protesters now line both sides of 6th as they approach 21st street. Police initially tried to hold the marchers to the east side of the street. A representative of the National Lawyers Guild said she has heard of no arrests since those at the Citibank branch.by Matthew DeLuca via email
Protesters Bob Alft, 62, of Voorheesville, N.Y., and his two kids. They drove down to Times Square for the protest.by Clare Trapasso via email
Protesters in Times Square chanting "We are the 99 percent."by Clare Trapasso via email
Every few blocks the two lines of protesters stop at an intersection to coordinate the pace of the march, as here at 26th and 6th.by Matthew DeLuca via email
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III-V MOSFETs: beyond silicon technology
Executive OVERVIEW
It is widely expected that around the 11-15nm technology node, strained silicon may run out of steam and alternative channel materials will be required to achieve the low power performance targets set out in the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS) [1]. While several grand challenges must be overcome to realize III-V nMOS incorporation in future CMOSFETs, this article addresses three of the most important; improvement of high-k/III-V interface, down selection of junction technology, and co-integration for VLSI using a manufacturable process flow on a silicon platform.
Richard J.W. Hill, Jeff Huang, Joel Barnett, Paul Kirsch, Raj Jammy, SEMATECH, Austin, TX USA
Traditional silicon MOSFET scaling has driven the majority of the semiconductor industry for the past four decades. In recent years, new materials and processes have been introduced to maintain pace with Moore's law. High-k gate dielectrics are in volume production and stressor technology is extending the performance of the silicon channel to its limits. III-V materials are widely regarded as leading candidates to fill the nMOS performance gap with both III-V and Ge-based channels being considered for the pMOS device [2,3].
|Figure 1. nFET 15nm technology generation key dimensions and module targets.
Figure 1 provides a representation of a possible 15nm technology generation nFET. It has a high mobility III-V channel, enabling high performance at low supply voltage. The wide band-gap barrier gives ultra thin body like immunity to short channel effects by improved electrostatic control over the bulk architecture. Heterointegration on a silicon platform is required for III-V integration to be cost competitive.
Gate stack
As III-V materials lack a good native oxide interface, a great deal of research is focused on decreasing high-k III-V interface states. Additionally, there are several other concerns associated with high-k dielectrics. These include Coulomb scattering from bulk oxide charges and interface fixed charges, surface roughness scattering, remote phonon scattering, and dielectric charge trapping associated with reliability problems. These issues need to be understood and addressed concurrently. SEMATECH has investigated:
• the impact of manufacturable ex situ and in situ high-k/higher-k dielectrics;
• conventional process routes and materials such as HfO2, ZrO2, Al2O3 by manufacturable atomic-layer-deposition (ALD) to form quality gate stacks;
• engineering the high-k-channel interface by several means including evaluation of bi-layer schemes to address the dual targets of thin EOT and low Dit;
• defect states and their influence on device properties via detailed electrical and physical characterization and helped in the development of schemes to passivate/eliminate these defects.
|Figure 2. a) EOT-Jg of high-k/ In0.53Ga0.47As MOS capacitors in comparison with high-k/Si and polySi/SiO2/Si MOS devices; b) TEM cross-section of InGaAs/ALD ZrO2, Al2O3 and LaAlO3 interfaces with mid-gap Dit.
More specifically, we have addressed key gate stack issues including: a) EOT scalability for high performance and electrostatic control with acceptable leakage current (Fig. 2a Jg ~1A/cm2 @ CET = 1nm), this meets the basic EOT-Jg requirements of a good insulator; b) understanding the source and impact of charge trapping by the insertion of either a LaAlO3 or Al2O3 inter-layer, which reduced the mid-gap Dit by ~5x (Fig. 2b and c) thermal stability on InGaAs [4,5]. The transmission electron microscopy (TEM) images of various ALD gate stacks on InGaAs are shown in Fig. 2b and confirm that the interface is atomically sharp and smooth.
Ultrashallow junctions
In addition to the architecture of the gate region, considerable effort is also ongoing to select the best ohmic contact and junction technology. The physical properties of III-Vs are such that implanted junctions and salicide that have served silicon so well may not be suitable for compound semiconductors. In addition to the challenges that silicon ultrashallow junctions face, implantation of III-Vs suffers from a number of issues including: lower maximum activated doping density, loss of stoichiometry due to preferential group V evaporation, and difficulty in recovering from implant amorphization because of the compound nature of III-Vs [6,7].
A number of alternatives are being pursued as a replacement for implantation as the junction technology of choice. One promising approach is selective regrowth [8]. In this technique, either MBE or MOCVD is used to selectively regrow very heavily doped source/drain regions. This has three distinct advantages over implantation: high doping density, abrupt doping profile and reduced leakage current caused by the absence of implant damage. In addition to providing low parasitic series resistance, regrown source/drains can be used to apply uni-axial strain, further improving performance [9].
|Figure 3. a) Mono-layer doping process flow; b) SIMS profile after anneals.
SEMATECH is pursuing a potentially defect-free alternative – mono layer doping (MLD) [10] (Fig. 3a). The III-V surface is terminated by a monolayer of dopant atoms, in this case sulfur, provided from a solution of ammonium sulfide. Other dopant solutions have been demonstrated and the concept could even be extended to ALD or plasma-based schemes. The wafer is then capped with dielectric and annealed. The dopant diffuses into the semiconductor and is activated. MLD has a number of advantages for the formation of ultrashallow junctions: low cost, high uniformity and low damage. Existing toolsets can be used to minimize costs. By terminating the surface with a monolayer of dopant, the exact dopant concentration is known and is self-limiting, allowing for accurate and repeatable junction resistivity. Perhaps most importantly, in contrast to ion implantation, MLD does not introduce lattice damage. Damage determines junction leakage current density, which in turn, controls the device off-state leakage. High mobility III-V materials generally have a smaller band-gap than silicon, which makes them particularly susceptible to high junction leakage, hence, damage-free junctions are a priority in this material system.
Figure 3b shows the extension sheet resistance as a function of depth for various doping densities. The mobility was calculated for each doping density using the empirical model from [11] calibrated by data from internal measurements. For a 5nm junction depth, a Nd >3x1019cm-3 is required to achieve sheet resistance <~200Ω/sq. Although the maximum doping density achieved in III-Vs is approximately an order of magnitude lower than silicon, in the 1019 to 1020 cm-3 range [6], the superior electron mobility >1500cm2/Vs even when highly doped allows low resistance shallow extensions at modest doping density. High Nd is not only attractive to reduce access resistance, but is also required to reduce contact resistance (Rc). When device dimensions and pitch are scaled aggressively (Fig. 1) Rc becomes dominant. When the access length (Lext) is reduced, so is the access resistance, but when the contact length (Lc) is reduced, Rc is increased. At an Lc of 30nm, an Rc of ~1Ωµm-2 is required to meet the parasitic series source drain resistance targets put forth by the ITRS.
Hetero-integration on silicon
A further challenge facing III-V MOSFETs is hetero-integration on a silicon platform. For III-V materials to be considered seriously, the enormous momentum behind silicon manufacturing must be harnessed. III-V MOSFET process flows must use standard silicon technology and must not contaminate silicon lines. Additionally, III-Vs must be hetero-integrated on a large diameter silicon platform to be economically viable. In conjunction with growth partners, SEMATECH is pursuing different technologies to enable high quality III-V growth on Si substrates.
There is a long history of III-V buffer technology development to enable III-Vs to be grown on Si [12-14]. Although thin buffer thickness <400nm would be required for a manufacturable co-integration scheme, thick buffer technology is a convenient interim method to demonstrate the feasibility of hetero-integration and manufacturing compatibility.
|Figure 4. a) TEM cross-section of the III-V on Si buffer; b) SEM cross-section of a III-V Lg = 140nm device on 200mm Si wafer, with inset photograph of completed III-V on silicon device wafer.
A 53 % InGaAs buried HEMT structure was grown on a 4?? off-cut (100) Si wafer, with a 2µm GaAs buffer and a standard metamorphic InAlAs buffer. The mobility was measured to be ~ 5500cm2/Vs at a carrier concentration of 3.1x1012cm-2. A TEM cross-section of the buffer is given in Fig. 4a, from which a crude estimation of areal defect density was calculated to be 1.7x108cm-2.
Using similar buffer technology, SEMATECH has run a full device flow through a standard 200mm silicon process flow, including high-k, metal gate, source drain implantation and metal one processes. Systematic contamination monitoring was carried out after each step using TXRF analysis. A carefully designed processes flow, controlling tool contamination in a standard silicon fab line is under development. Figure 4b gives a SEM cross-section of a 140nm metal gate complete with high-k dielectric and silicon nitride spacers, fabricated on a 200mm production line using silicon compatible process flows. The inset is a photograph of the completed III-V on 200mm Si wafer.
SEMATECH is pursuing solutions to three of the most important technological hurdles facing III-V MOSFET development: high quality, low EOT gate dielectrics, damage-free low resistivity junctions, and hetero-integration on a VLSI compatible silicon substrate. We have demonstrated high-k/InGaAs interface with mid-gap Dit ~ 1x1012cm-2eV-1, ultra shallow junctions using a novel MLD process, and good quality III-V hetero-integrated on a silicon substrate with a mobility ~5500cm2/Vs. Further refinements of these process modules are still required, but results so far are highly encouraging for III-V MOSFETs to be used for ultra high speed, and ultra-low power applications. SEMATECH's focus is to critically assess and develop process modules and integration schemes to accelerate III-V MOSFET development and help guide the industry on the viability of this potentially exciting solution, to maintain pace with Moore's law.
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2. B.R. Bennett, M.G. Ancona, J.B. Boos, B.V. Shanabrook, "Mobility Enhancement in Strained p-InGaSb Quantum Wells," Appl. Phys. Letters, vol. 91, 2007, p. 042104.
3. S.H. Lee, P. Majhi, J. Oh, B. Sassman, C. Young, A. Bowonder, et al., "Demonstration of Lg 55nm pMOSFETs with Si/Si0. 25Ge0. 75/Si Channels, High Ion/Ioff (>5 x 104), and Controlled Short Channel Effects (SCEs)," IEEE Electron Device Letters, vol. 29, 2008, pp. 1017–1020.
4. N. Goel, D. Hehb, S. Koveshnik, et al., "Addressing the Gate Stack Challenge for High Mobility InxGa1- xAs Channels for NFETs," IEDM Tech Dig, San Francisco, 2008, pp. 363–366.
5. J. Huang, N. Goel, H. Zhao, C. Kang, K. Min, G. Bersuker, et al., "InGaAs MOSFET Performance and Reliability Improvement by Simultaneous Reduction of Oxide and Interface Charge in ALD (La)AlOx/ZrO2 Gate Stack," IEDM Tech Dig, 2009, pp. 335-338.
6. E.F. Schubert, Doping in III-V Semiconductors, Cambridge University Press, 1993.
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8. U. Singisetti, M.A. Wistey, G. Burek, A.K. Baraskar, J. Cagnon, B.J. Thibeault, et al., "0.37mS/μm In0.53Ga0.47As MOSFET with 5nm Channel and Self-aligned Epitaxial Raised Source/Drain," Device Research Conf., 2009 67th Annual, 2009, pp. 253-254.
9. H.C. Chin, X. Gong, X. Liu, Z. Lin, Y.C. Yeo, "Strained In0.53Ga0.47As n-MOSFETs: Performance Boost with In situ DopedLattice-Mismatched Source/Drain Stressors and Interface Engineering," VLSI Tech. Dig., 2009, pp. 244-245.
10. J.C. Ho, A.C. Ford, Y. Chueh, P.W. Leu, O. Ergen, K. Takei, et al., "Nanoscale Doping of InAs Via Sulfur Monolayers," Appl. Phys. Letters, vol. 95, 2009, p. 072108.
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12. M.K. Hudait, G. Dewey, S. Datta, J.M. Fastenau, J. Kavalieros, W.K. Liu, et al., "Heterogeneous Integration of Enhancement Mode In0.7Ga0.3As Quantum Well Transistor on Silicon Substrate using Thin 2μm Composite Buffer Architecture for High-Speed and Low-voltage (0.5V) Logic Applications," 2007 IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting, Washington, DC, USA: 2007, pp. 625-628.
13. K. Eisenbeiser, R. Emrick, R. Droopad, Z. Yu, J. Finder, S. Rockwell, et al., "GaAs MESFETs Fabricated on Si Substrates Using a SrTiO3 Buffer Layer," Electron Device Letters, IEEE, vol. 23, 2002, pp. 300-302.
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Richard J. W. Hill received his MEng and PhD degrees in electronic and electrical engineering from the U. of Glasgow. He is a device engineer in Front End Processes at SEMATECH, 2706 Montopolis Drive, Austin, TX 78741 USA; ph.: 512-356-3040; email email@example.com.
Jeff C. Huang received his BS in control engineering, and his MS and PhD in electronics engineering from National Chiao Tung U., Taiwan. He is a project engineer in Front End Processes at SEMATECH.
Joel Barnett received his BS degree in chemical engineering from the U. of California-Berkeley in 1984 and has over 20 years of semiconductor experience. He is Senior Member of the Technical Staff in the Front End Processes division at SEMATECH.
Paul D. Kirsch received his BS in chemical engineering from the U. of Wisconsin-Madison and his PhD in chemical engineering from the U. of Texas at Austin. He is director of Front End Processes at SEMATECH.
Raj Jammy received his MS in electrical engineering from the U. of Rochester and his PhD in electrical engineering from Northwestern U. He is vice president of Materials and Emerging Technologies at SEMATECH.
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Wearing: Dress and hat from Marshalls, earrings from Image boutique in Baytown mall, DSW shoes
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On July 3, Sgt. James Spreter, of Juneau, was awarded the Bronze Star, the fourth-highest combat award of the U.S. Armed Forces.
Spreter served in Southern Afghanistan in Operation Enduring Freedom as a joint terminal attack controller for the 14th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron from January to September 2007. He led Tactical Air Control Party operations in an extremely hostile environment, including one engagement where, as numerous enemy personnel loaded into a vehicle, he cleared a Predator to destroy the vehicle. The attack killed eight insurgents, including a key Taliban leader.
"You just keep rolling on until it's all over," Spreter said. "You don't think about not sleeping or anything.
"The medal is a nice appreciation from those above me, but the biggest appreciation is when those guys you live next to and sleep in a hole with are able to come back home."
Spreter grew up in Juneau and attended Juneau-Douglas High School then transferred and graduated from Alaska Military Academy at Fort Richardson. In 2000, he enlisted in the U.S. Armed Forces and is now stationed in Fayetteville, N.C., where he lives with his wife Rebekah and two daughters, Melissa and Kadence.
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This week's The Voice 2013 schedule includes a lot of broadcasts on NBC including three back to back to back nights starting Monday, May 6th (tonight) and running through Wednesday, May 8th.
Tonight's episode of The Voice will mirror Tuesday's show where the Season 4 Top 16 singers will face off against one another for your votes in the Season 4 Live Playoffs. Both shows will run from 8PM ET/PT to 10PM ET/PT and will air live in east coast broadcasts.
Starting Wednesday night at 8PM on NBC The Voice Results show will air on a special night for one full hour, ending at 9PM. During this episode we'll find out which two singers from each team earned the least votes from viewers and will face elimination.
Before anyone is sent home from The Voice Season 4 they'll have to pass by the coaches. That means each coach will get to decide which singer from the Bottom 2 gets to stay and who goes home. Think of it as a collaborative elimination between viewers and coaches. Should someone be caught in a "shocking" results situation the coaches can act quickly to save them from elimination.
When this week ends there will be just twelve singers left on Season 4 and all coaches will have the same number of team members.
Get ready for The Voice tonight as we'll live recap the show's performances with voting details.
Source: NBC.com
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The Custom House ( Irish: Teach an Chustaim) is a neoclassical 18th century building in Dublin, Ireland which houses the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. It is located on the north bank of the River Liffey, on Custom House Quay between Butt Bridge and Talbot Memorial Bridge. It was designed by James Gandon to act as the new custom house for Dublin Port and was his first large scale commission. For his assistants Gandon chose Irish artists such as Meath stone-cutter Henry Darley, mason John Semple and carpenter Hugh Henry. Every available mason in Dublin was engaged in the work. When it was completed and opened for business on the 7th November 1791, it cost £200,000 to build "" a huge sum at the time. The four facades of the building are decorated with coats-of-arms and ornamental sculptures (by Edward Smyth) representing Ireland's rivers. Another artist, Henry Banks, was responsible for the statue on the dome and other statues. As the port of Dublin moved further downriver, the building's original use for collecting custom duties became obsolete, and it was used as the headquarters of local government in Ireland. During the Irish War of Independence in 1921, the Irish Republican Army burnt down the Custom House, in an attempt to disrupt British rule in Ireland. Gandon's original interior was completely destroyed in the fire and the central dome collapsed. A large quantity of irreplaceable historical records were also destroyed in the fire. Despite achieving its objectives, the attack on the Custom House was a setback for the IRA as a large number of Volunteers were captured either during the attack or when falling back. After the Anglo-Irish Treaty, it was restored by the Irish Free State government. The results of this reconstruction can still be seen on the building's exterior today "" the dome was rebuilt using Irish Ardbraccan limestone which is noticeably darker than the Portland stone used in the original construction. This was done as an attempt to promote Irish resources. Further restoration and cleaning of the stonework was done by an Office of Public Works team in the 1980s.


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Flames' Michael Ferland sends Canucks' Luca Sbisa sailing with massive hit
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Flames' Michael Ferland sends Canucks' Luca Sbisa sailing with massive hit
After dumping the puck into the Flames' zone, Canucks blueliner Luca Sbisa got absolutely run over by Michael Ferland. The hit by Ferland literally sent Sbisa flying into the boards, but somehow he was able to pop right back up.
Through two games of Calgary's first-round matchup with Vancouver, rookie Michael Ferland has been making a name for himself by throwing his body around. And for those who may not have taken notice of Ferland yet, it'll be hard to forget him after the exploding hit he threw on Canucks blueliner Luca Sbisa.
Early in the first frame of Game 3, Sbisa carried the puck through the neutral zone and fired the puck into the Flames' zone. Unfortunately for Sbisa, he didn't see Ferland pursuing him from the right side. When the two came together, Ferland sent Sbisa flying with a massive body check:
Through 40 minutes, Ferland had been credited with seven hits and continues to draw the ire of the Canucks' lineup with his physical play. Though he hasn't found the score sheet since the first game of the series, Ferland's crash and bang style is what's keeping him in the lineup.
During the regular season, the 22-year-old drew into just 26 games, scoring two goals, five points and averaging two and a half hits per outing. He's upped his hit total in the post-season, though, throwing his body around with increased regularity.


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The team also operate outpatient services at Outpatients West on level 1, BRI, Horton Wing, St Luke's Hospital and Westwood Park Community Hospital.
The service looks after inpatients on ward 23 who present with respiratory problems e.g. asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), pneumonia and pulmonary embolus. While on the ward our respiratory nurses deliver education to patients and provide an interface with community services.
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Anyone can join! We're open to folks of all experience levels, tech professions, age, gender - and even location if you're nice enough ;)
Absolutely! If you're in to design, UX, Project Management, any kind of coding, or are just curious and want to connect with tech-minded folks this is still the place for you. Get on in here!
We have a ton. By default you're placed in #announcements, #general, #topic-gigs and a few others to get your feet wet. Our #help channels are pretty specific and phenomenal, as well -- they're like Stack Overflow except you know who DenverCoder9 is.
We have a lot of members, over 2000, and conversations move quick. To help preserve conversations and promote lengthier discussion we opened up a Discourse. It's still growing and we'd love any suggestions (or admins!) to help us out. There's also a pretty rad Minecraft server thread in there if breakin' blocks is your thing.
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RCS: Are you concerned about the future of journalism -- specifically, newspaper journalism?
Mike Bianchi: Right now, things are not looking good. Then again, a lot of businesses are suffering, so we're not unique in that sense. I think there's always gonna be a place for people to get local news.
I see newspapers become more localized. For example, we're concentrating on covering the Magic, Central Florida, the Gators and local high school sports. There's national coverage elsewhere, but there's only one place you can go to find all the local stuff.
I think there will always be a place for a newspaper. It may become more and more of an internet product than an actual print product. But I'm one of those guys who like to get to the driveway to pick up my newspaper. It's like getting a little Christmas present on your driveway. That's the way I look at newspapers. I guess I'm old-fashioned.


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Flooded Thursday!!
Well heavy rain has hit us and we have 1 1/2 ft. of water in the basement!
Looks like our check valve is the fault. More heavy rain is expected and the water did go down some so I'm closing the basement door and will forget about it for today, there's nothing else we can do at this time.
As much as it stinks to go through this again things could be so much worse so I'm truly blessed.
Have a great day mates!
Good morning from a sad, wet Central Texas. Our weather reflects our mood this morning.
I am sleepy this morning as I stayed up into the early morning, trying to find out more details of the explosion in West, Texas.
This is a wonderful little town, north of us. We always stop there on the way home from our trips. Keep them in your thoughts as you go through the day.
Aerogirl, I am sorry for the flooding in your basement.
Continuing my thoughts and prayers for those in the Boston area. Love you Linda.
Take care everyone, and remember those hugs, that are free to give.
Good Morning Cruise Mates!! Luanne when I first heard the sad news about West I thought of you and Jim and sent a prayer. I am glad to see it was answered. I know your sadness for the devastation there. I come from the Boston area and I have been feeling really emotional all week. This has been a horiffic week. I am so worried that the carnage is not over yet for this week. I just keep praying that we have seen the end of it.
I have no plans for the day as yet. Possibly a trip to the pool to cool off. It is supposed to be around 90 later.
Have a fabulous day everyone.
Morning from the Pacific Northwest..........
Luanne...........was thinking of you.......huggs........
Not much going on today........
Y'all have a good day...........
Good morning everyone.
Robin: Now that is a "sucky" way to start the day. I had a sump pump fail a number of years ago and had just over 1" of water in the basement and that was a real PIA to clean up. 1.5 feet will be nasty. Hopefully, your insurance will cover the clean up and repairs. Just be prepared to live with the sound of dehumidifiers running for awhile.
It is April 18th and we are, once again, under a Winter Storm warning. The talking heads are saying we could get 6 to 8 inches of heavy, wet stuff by tomorrow. Yes, I am starting to get tired of Winter.
I called my daughter last night to let her know about a pretty good deal on Carnival, for an Alaska cruise. The problem is that the kids have had so many snow days this year they will have to stay in school eight additional days, so that shot that idea down. :-(
Nothing much on the agenda for today. Just the normal stuff.
I hope all are well and that Thursday can be as good as it can be.
Take care,
Sorry to those affected by the mid-west storms and to those injured in Waco Texas .
Morning Mates, and so sorry Aerogirl to hear you are flooded. Laura and Luanne, I;m sure we all feel for those in Texas and in Boston, whether or not we are from there, it's been a horrendous week....
To lighten the mood, I'll post a pic of poor little Griffin who did not have a good day at the groomers yesterday. Every woman has had the experience of going to the hairdresser and being hugely disappointed with the results; well it was that kind of day for Griffin. For some unknown reason the girl shaved his front legs naked from top to bottom and left the rest of him thick and fluffy - he looks like a sheep! Worst of all, under all that hair we discovered his legs are bowed and his feet turn out so he looks ridiculous. I have to take him to doggie class tonight, he's going to be laughed out of the room!
Griffin doesn't care and neither will the other dogs at doggy class. It's the people that care, laugh and make fun of the haircut. Believe me, the dog will know something is wrong. When my daughter was in vet school the animals would have all sorts of "haircuts" after surgery. No one was allowed to make fun, laugh or poke fun of the animal. If they did they would be severely reprimanded. The animal knows, not in human terms but they know, that they are being made fun of. So give the guy a break and don't laugh at him. Just go and rip the groomer a new one.
Take care,
Good Morning All! Been a few days here since I have been on.
Spring finally sprung in South Jersey and Marj is completely involved with the landscaping of our new place and she drags me into it on weekends :cry:. I told her to back off or I am bringing out the roundup. :twisted:
Robin that sux for sure. Luann we are all praying for the people of West and the first responders.
We were given sample messages on what message to leave on our phone when we are taking a furlough day. I prefer my version "Hi, This is Doug Roberts of the Grants Management Branch I am on furlough today so take your problems elsewhere." rofl
Donna, Griffin is a handsome guy and looks more and more like our Abbie each day!
Everyone have a wonderful day!
Doug, I hear you about the company phones. Jim doesn't have to worry about his message, because they took the phones away.:rolleyes: He must now use his personal phone to stay in touch with the soldiers and commanders.
They can no longer take care of the military vehicles, so he must drive his truck to the field, or walk more than 2 miles.
I'll take the flooded basement ! This is on the southside of the city.
Oh Robin that is terrible. Was anyone hurt?
I had to run out and I was behind a truck that said "Checked your flood control lately"? :shock:
Like I stated with all the crazy things going on right now in the world this is nothing and I'm really not upset at all, in a few day this life will return to normal, sadly not the case for so many other.
I'm truly blessed.
Thanks everyone.
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Manuel Pellegrini says he hopes there will be no repeat of the racist taunts directed at Yaya Toure when Manchester City face CSKA Moscow in the Champions League.
UEFA ordered the partial closure of CSKA's stadium after Toure complained about the chanting during City's 2-1 win on October 23 last year.
One of the ends at the Arena Khimki was closed when CSKA hosted Bayern Munich on November 27. City go to Moscow on October 21 and Pellegrini said he hoped the club had learned its lesson.
"I hope they have learned about that," said Pellegrini. "I don't think we will have any problems this year.
"There was also a problem with the pitch. But hopefully it is a lesson they will have learned."
City were drawn in the same group as CKSA and Bayern Munich last year, with Roma making up Group E this time around.
Pellegrini said: "I think it's a similar group to last year. Maybe with Roma also there, it's a very difficult group, but we must play and try to qualify.
"Maybe there are other draws that are not as difficult as our group, but we must try to qualify all the same.
"We are not just thinking about the Champions League and not the other comps. We won the Premier League last season and we want to win it again.
"I am confident we will progress in Europe, Last year we lost the first game against Bayern Munich, but finished second in the group on goal difference. But this season we are more experienced."
Pellegrini said he had no plans to bring in any players before Monday's transfer deadline but admitted Micah Richards, Matija Nastasic and Scott Sinclair are likely to leave.
"They know that at this moment they are not part of the squad because we have enough players for the year with the 22 we have," said the City boss.


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One of the multitude of grievances regarding the annual U.S. News & World Report rankings of institutions of higher education is that there are ways to cheat -- something that no individual student would be able to do when applying to, say, law school, without facing some mighty consequences.
A researcher with the magazine says that officials with Baylor University School of Law have repeatedly submitted misleading answers to the magazine's questions involving LSAT scores and grade-point averages of first-year students. Baylor officials, meanwhile, insist they've done nothing wrong.
"We will be scrutinizing their data much more closely," said Robert J. Morse, director of data research at U.S. News. "We'll make sure that it doesn't happen again."
On two previous occasions, researchers with U.S. News were able to catch the misleading responses before publication. However, in the most recent rankings – in which Baylor Law placed 51st in the magazine's "Top 100 Schools" – U.S. News failed to catch the misreported data. The person who was responsible for catching the error has since left the publication for a new job.
Tom W. Bell, a professor of law at the Chapman University School of Law, in California, was the first to notice some discrepancies. He noted on his blog, Agoraphilia [1], that Baylor performed remarkably better in the 2007 U.S. News rankings than he expected, based on a model he created using data that schools report directly to the American Bar Association. He calculates that Baylor should have actually ranked about 58. His model has proven to be on target with the publication's rankings in a vast majority of cases.
"I'm just curious and I wanted to know how the rankings work," Bell said Monday. "I'm kind of a geek when you put me in front of Excel."
After crunching the numbers, Bell determined that it was likely that the magazine ranked Baylor law based not based on the median LSAT and GPA scores of the school's entire first year class, but rather solely of the first year law students it admitted in the fall.
For most schools, there would no difference in such numbers. But Baylor allows some students to enroll in the spring or summer preceding the first fall of their law school education.
"Judging from the data published in the ABA's official guide to law schools, Baylor lets students with relatively weak LSAT's and GPA's start early," Bell wrote in his blog. "It admits students with relatively strong LSAT's and GPA's in the fall."
"Clever people would have an incentive to throw a lot of data at U.S. News," said Bell. "Then they could argue that it was the publication that failed to use the data correctly."
Bell recently decided to contact Baylor Law regarding his concerns. In response, Leah Jackson, an associate dean of the school, responded with a letter that she also shared with Inside Higher Ed.
" U.S. News uses the information we provide to them as it sees fit," wrote Jackson. "We fully comply with our responsibility to accurately and thoroughly report the data that we submit to them; however, if they have in fact not used the data correctly pursuant to their proprietary formula, then we are not at fault.
"Second, all admissions data reported to U.S. News is taken directly from our admissions data reported to the ABA on our annual questionnaire. No changing or manipulating of admission data occurs between the time we report to the ABA and the time we complete the U.S. News survey.
"Third, we do not know how U.S. News uses the information it receives. Your approximation of their formula indicates what might have happened, but we do not know that for sure…"
Jackson indicated that the onus for the mistake lies with U.S. News, since she says their online forms do not allow for proper clarification on the Internet for schools that operate on a calendar system like that of Baylor; instead, additional information must be submitted via facsimile.
Morse has labeled the arguments from Baylor, "lawyerly," but he isn't passing the buck.
"I'm not blaming this on Baylor," said Morse. "The person at U.S. News shouldn't have accepted [the school's numbers]." Morse said, too, that law schools and universities with the type of academic schedule Baylor uses have been told how to properly submit their information.
Bell believes that the publication's rankings are given too much weight by applicants. "I want to see this process improve," he said. "This is just frustrating."


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Tickets are now on sale for the more than 60 events that comprise the 2009-10 season at Proctors in Schenectady. To view the season or purchase tickets online, visit http://proctors.org; to receive a season brochure in the mail or purchase by phone, call 346-6204. The theater is located at 432 State St.
"Rent," July 28-Aug. 2 (special summer engagement). The long-running rock musical stars original Broadway cast members Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp. Originally directed and choreographed by Kathleen Marshall. $20-$65.
Season-opening gala, Sept. 19. An evening of entertainment, dining, dancing and desserts to welcome the 2009 inductees into the Capital Region Entertainment Hall of Fame.
Ian Anderson plays acoustic Jethro Tull, Oct. 9. Flute-playing frontman of iconic 1970s band. $20-$62.
Golden Oldies Spectacular, Oct. 10. Featuring former teen idols Bobby Rydell, Bobby Vee, Sonny Turner's Platters, The Chiffons and Tony Lee. $34.75-$49.75.
Stageworks' 13th annual "Play by Play" festival of new one-acts, Oct. 14-18. Six new play will premiere. $26.
Shaolin Warriors, Oct. 23. Kung fu from around the world. $20-$40.
Northeast Craft Festival, Oct. 24-25. More than 50 artists and craft designers show their work.
America, Oct. 30. Recorded 1972 hit "A Horse with No Name." $20-$48.
"It Came from Schenectady," Oct. 31-Nov. 1. Second Annual 24-hour film festival.
The Outlaws, Nov. 13. Guitar-driven country-rock. $20-$30.
Straight No Chaser, Nov. 14. 10-member a capella group. $15-$25.
Northeast Ballet's "The Nutcracker," Nov. 28-29. Featuring New York City Ballet principal dancers Jennifer Ringer and Jared Angle.
The Aluminum Show, Jan. 9. Created by Ilan Azriel, the wordless show set to a soundtrack combines dance, puppetry and illusion. $20-$35.
The Canadian Brass, Jan. 16. The 35th season for the celebrated quintet. $20-$38.
"Grease," Jan. 26-31. The 1950s-themed musical stars 2006 "American Idol" winner Taylor Hicks. $20-$65.
The King's Singers, Feb. 5. A cappella choir from King's College, Cambridge. "$20-$40.
An Evening with Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin, Feb. 6. A reunion of the two Tony Award-winning Broadway legends for the first time since "Evita." $20-$65.
The Capital Region Wine Festival, Feb. 13. The second annual event promises to attract well more than the 70 wineries and 1,000 people who attended this year's inaugural event.
"Tony 'N Tina's Wedding," Feb. 23-28. Madcap interactive musical, complete with pasta dinner, returns again. $70.
"Girls Night: The Musical," March 5. A comedy that follows five friends on a wild and hilarious karaoke night out. $20-$45.
Bill Cosby, March 6. The legendary comedian returns. $20-$55.
"The Little Mermaid," March 7. A production from American Family Theater's Broadway for Kids. $7-$9.
The Irish Guard, March 12. Military band. $20-$40.
"Annie," March 13 – 14. Musical retelling of "Little Orphan Annie." $20-$55.
"Late Night Catechism," March 15-21. Audience-participation comedy. $45.
"The Illusionaire: Magic of Lyn," March 19. The new family-friendly show from master illusionist Lyn Dillies. $7-$9.
"Stories That Dance," March 25. A collaboration between students and Northeast Ballet. $7-$9.
Itzhak Perlman, April 10. Violin superstar. $20-$70.
Curtis Adams, April 23. Contemporary magician. $20-$40.
San Jose Taiko, April 27. Japanese-drum ensemble. $15-$25.
Tom Chapin, May 6. The veteran singer entertains all ages. $7-$9.
Englebert Humperdinck, May 7, 2010. The crooner returns. $20-$48.
The Comedy Box: The Comedy Box presents established and rising comedy stars in the GE Theatre at Proctors: Bobcat Goldthwait, Oct. 9 ($32); Kathleen Madigan, Oct. 23 ($32); Robert Schimmel, Nov. 21 ($32); Italian Comedy Night starring Rocky LaPorte, Jan. 15 ($28).
The Eighth Step: For more than four decades The Eighth Step has presented the national, international and regional folk and acoustic music. The lineup: Doughie MacLean, Sept. 18 ($26); Patty Larkin and guest, Oct. 2 ($28); Sing Solstice!, Kim & Reggie Harris and Magpie, Dec. 19 ($26); Gandalf Murphy & The Slambovian Circus of Dreams, Jan. 9 ($26); Richie Havens, March 6 ($28).
Schenectady Symphony Orchestra: The Electric City ensemble's 76th season feature concerts on Oct. 25, Jan. 17, March 21 and April 25. $6-$10.
Story Circle: Storytelling evenings on Sept. 20, Oct. 18, Jan. 17, Feb. 21 and April 18. Special presentation of "Tellebration," Nov. 15.
MopCo: The Mop and Bucket Company (MopCo), a Capital Region's improv-theater troupe, will present "Theatresports," Oct. 30-31 and Nov. 1 and 6-8; "Spontaneous Broadway," Jan. 15-17 and 22-24; "Tapestry," April 16-18 and 23-25.
In addition to the shows listed above, the theater also will host the following, all previously announced as part of the Key Private Bank Broadway Series at Proctors: "The Color Purple," Oct. 13-18; "Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps," Nov. 17-22; "Wicked," Dec. 9-Jan. 3; "Spring Awakening," Feb. 16-21; and the Lincoln Center production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "South Pacific," April 14-18.
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- Team defense improves 8.8 points per 100 possessoins while KCP is on the court. How much of this has to do with Stuckey being a terrible defender, and that Pope is coming off the bench and likely facing inferior offensive units because of it, is debatable. That's why adjusted plus minus exists, but it's far too early in the season (and in their careers) for APM to hold any weight.
- He's holding opponents to a sub 13 PER and just under 50 eFG%. The eFG% is actually subpar, but he does a nice job of preventing FTAs, and forces a good number of turnovers it appears.
- Synergy has him as a .93 PPP defender, which is a decent bit below average (256th in the NBA). He's been excellent fighting through screens to contest shots, and does a good job in PnR defense, but those sample sizes are too small to draw definite conclusions. Again, overall, Synergy doesn't think he's anything special.
- His dRtg is 109, but dRtg is a pretty useless stat that is more closely tied to your defensive rebounding stats and your team's defense than your actual defensive performance. I'm just putting this here in case someone else tries to reference individual dRtg one way or another.
- 2.1 points worse with KCP on the court. Again, same caveats as defensive +/- apply.
- 72% of his makes are assisted. As you'd suspect the vast majority of his offense is created by others for him.
- His 1.4 FTA per 36 leave a lot to be desired compared to his college numbers. That's partially because of his role, but still, that was the number one thing I was keeping an eye on with him in his transition to the NBA, and so far it hasn't translated.
- 45.7% TS% is pretty terrible, especially when considering his role as mostly a spot up shooter. But, small sample size, wouldn't be too concerned yet.
- 3.6 rebounds per 36, 1.4 assists, he isn't exactly filling up the box score in that regard.
- 3.5% TO%, this is AMAZING. I don't think I've ever seen someone with that low of a turn over rate, even in a spot up shooting role, really impressive from a rookie.
- 104 oRtg. All of his offensive struggles shooting the ball essentially get off set by his tremendously low turnover rate. Unlike individual dRtg, individual oRtg is termendously useful, and tells you a lot about how efficient a player is with the possessions they use.
- .88 PPP according to Synergy. Tells us pretty much the same thing as oRtg, but their methods are different. This ranks 208th in the NBA.
- 15.3 usage rate, which tells us, as expected, that he isn't exactly the focal point of the offense. As a result, his 9.4 PER, which is directly tied to usage, is unimpressive.
- Team defense is 6.3 points worse with Burke on the court per 100 possessions.
- He's holding opponents to a 15.9 PER. This is below average. He's allowing guys to get inside too much (33% of their FGA are inside), and it seems opponents target him as someone to attack (their usage rate is above average against Burke, though part of that is the nature of the PG position). Opponents also get to the line a good bit against Burke. This is according to 82games.com.
- Synergy has Burke as a .84 PPP against defender, which is 138th in the NBA and a good bit above average. You may wonder how Synergy and 82games.com could differ so greatly, and which one to put more stock in. My understanding is that 82games.com does their defensive tracking via play by play data, and assumes that the PG on one team is guarding the other team's PG. As we know, switches occur frequently, some teams mix in the occasional zone, and often things don't line up so nicely. Synergy actually tracks every play individually and matches guys up properly, so I'd be far more confident in citing Synergy defensive stats than 82games.
- His dRtg is 113. Again, this is mostly useless, and dependent on the Jazz being an awful defensive team as a whole.
- 11.4 points better with Burke on the court per 100 possessions.
- 33% of his shots are assisted, as you can imagine, he's creating most of his own offense. This is a bit high compared to some PGs actually, so he isn't in full ball domination mode.
- 2.3 FTA per 36 isn't overly impressive, but also was expected to be low. 21% of his shots are coming inside (he converts these a slightly subpar 57%), which is actually twice as often as Chris Paul, so it seems safe to say that the concern with his ability to get inside has mostly been answered. Still could stand to finish a bit better, but it hasn't been nearly the issue it was expected to be.
- 48.9 TS% is in that Brandon Jennings range of bad, but is largely due to his 40.5 eFG% on jumpers, a number that I'd be shocked to see lower than 45% come the end of the year (with his TS% around league average).
- 4.3 rebounds per 36, 6.2 assists, solid as a distributor so far if unspectacular.
- 9.1% TO%, which for any PG is a pretty big deal, and for a rookie PG is historically good.
- 107 oRtg. Much like KCP, the low turnover rate really helps, and in Burke's case the assists do as well. This is right around league average, which again, for a rookie is impressive.
- .88 PPP according to Synergy, same as KCP.
- 23.0% usage rate, so he's using a pretty big chunk of Utah's possessions and doing so rather efficiently (as based on his oRtg and Synergy PPP.
|1 year 4 weeks ago
|It's been done, unofficially...
|3 years 26 weeks ago
|I feel awful for Gardner.
I feel awful for Gardner. Three offensive coordinators, the position change, a shaky oline, the poor guy seems like he never had the chance to really develop or learn the way most QBs do. I'd bet that if he had gone to a program with more stability he would have turned out to be a hell of a college QB, but unfortunately that just hasn't been the case here.
|3 years 46 weeks ago
|The Suns are one of the more
The Suns are one of the more exciting teams in the league, Stauskas and McGary both seem like they'd be pretty good fits there, could always use more shooting, and McGary's rebounding would be much needed. I'd love to be able to watch a few of my favorite college players play alongside the guy in my avatar.
|3 years 46 weeks ago
|They're very different
They're very different players. Morrison was a ball dominant, mediocre efficiency, high volume guy who was a solid jump shooter but not special in that regard. McDermott doesn't need the ball to be effective, is an absolutely elite jumpshooter, and is much more versatile on the whole offensively than Morrison was.
Defense will be an issue. I don't expect his post game to translate super effectively, and his finishing might be an issue against bigger players. But his shooting isn't going anywhere, and he's special in that regard, hard to see him not being an effective off ball scorer in the NBA. If that's worth the defensive issues is another conversation, but I think you can do much worse in the mid 1st.
|3 years 48 weeks ago
|Leonard isn't a terrible
Leonard isn't a terrible comp, though GR3 hasn't shown the rebounding or defensive acumen there, but offensively there's some similarities. I don't think he gets to that level, but I think that's essentially his upside.
Green was a much better shooter coming into the league, on a whole different level as an athlete, and you never had to ask him twice to shoot (outside of that year in Indy).
Ariza...maybe. I think he could have a similar level of impact in the league, though Ariza was more of a lanky long defender whereas the hope with GR3 is that he'll be able to body up guys like LeBron.
|3 years 49 weeks ago
|Agreed that it's certainly
Agreed that it's certainly overestimated by most. At the same time, Gelman notes in the comment section that for some guys the variance can be much higher than others (claiming that on average, the swing might be 2% points, but for some could be as high as 20%). It seems like a lot of people have taken "the average effect of any so called hot hand is small" to mean "the hot hand doesn't exist." It's essentially impossible to prove the latter, while there's plenty of data supporting the former.
I saw Gerald Green drop 25 points in a quarter against the Thunder earlier this season. It sure is hard to consider that as just some random variance.
|3 years 49 weeks ago
|Not a clue, I haven't read
Not a clue, I haven't read that paper yet, only saw a talk regarding it. A just total off the top of my head guess would be that free throws are such an isolated, out of rhythm event that they may not be prone to such swings. Wouldn't surprise me to hear someone say that they might over think at the line when they're "hot," which could offset that impact.
The thing with all of these types of studies is that there's so, so many dependent variables that it's really hard to control for things. This type of stuff always seems to start off with an implied assumption, and often there's no way to prove that assumption. I'm a pretty big analytics guy, hell it's what I'd like to do professionally, but I think anyone who forgets about the human side of things is doing a great diservice to themselves.
EDIT: Here's a link to the actual paper by the way.
|3 years 49 weeks ago
|Regarding basketball, there
Regarding basketball, there was a paper on this at the Sloan conference this year that made a pretty easy to understand argument.
A player who is hot is:
The effect essentially balances out and hides the underlying "hotness." So a hot player may make an uncontested 3 at a 45% rate instead of his usual 40% rate, but he's more likely to settle for a worse shot precisesly because he (or his teammates, or his coach) senses that he's hot.
|3 years 50 weeks ago
|Making comparisons with Caris
Making comparisons with Caris seems odd, because he's frankly unlike really anyone I've seen at an NBA level. His skill set is sort of at odds with itself. He's a very good ball handler who can get where he wants on the court, but he's a poor shooter off the dribble, his finishing inside isn't anything special, and his playmaking ability as a passer isn't either.
I see the appeal, he's got a ton of upside, and if he can improve on his finishing, playmaking, or shooting off the dribble he becomes incredibly dangerous, but at this very moment his greatest strength isn't optimally complemented by his other skills.
|3 years 50 weeks ago
|I tend to agree that the
I tend to agree that the degree and "getting better is easier in college" things are overstated, but the latter does have some truth to it. The thing about being an NBA player is that you play a lot of games. And game days are dedicated to one thing and one thing only, being ready to play. You don't spend game days trying to improve, you're not lifting weights on a game day, you're simply trying to keep yourself loose and ready to go. You spend more days traveling, and spend far fewer practicing as a team than a college team does (NBA teams can go weeks between full practices).
Getting playing time makes up for a lot of that, as there's nothing more valuable in a young player's development than playing, but if you're stuck ot the bench it can be tough to actually have a ton of time to dedicate to getting better during the season.
Now I don't think that's a good enough reason to pass up making millions of dollars, but just want to point out that there is some truth to the whole college developmental thing.
|3 years 51 weeks ago
|Did it though? There's no
Did it though? There's no reason to believe Morris or Harris staying for another year would have convinced NBA talent evaluators to somehow overlook their faults. By the time both of those guys left, they were largely established commodities, there weren't a ton of question marks with either. I think both were relatively smart to leave while there was a good shot at NBA money on the table, even if only 2nd round money.
Glenn and Mitch are much different, I do think they both could answer a lot of questions with another season. I think Mitch should come back, Glenn is a bit trickier, as another year is one more year removed from the "raw potential" label and one year closer to "finished product". Seeing as his suposid upside is his #1 draw from an NBA standpoint, it might make sense for him to go now while teams still like him from a projectability stand point.
I think we can survive Glenn leaving, but Mitch going would leave a ton of question marks going forward. Rolling with Walton, Caris, Irvin, Chatman, and Spike getting all of the 1/2/3 minutes I think can and would work out pretty solidly.
|3 years 51 weeks ago
|Totally agree, my point is
Totally agree, my point is mainly that those one dimensional types tend to go late 1st early 2nd in a deep draft. I think McGary has some more upside than a typical late 1st round pick, but his health status likely offsets that for a lot of teams.
As for the all-around solid guy vs the great at one thing guy, the all around guy is certainly riskier, but can pay off with a guy like Hardaway Jr. when one of their skills hits that next level, or can totally flame out.
|3 years 51 weeks ago
|I tend to agree. Love McGary
I tend to agree. Love McGary as a college player, but from a pro perspective, I thought the biggest key for him this year was showing that he could hit a mid range shot (and free throw) reliably. He didn't show a ton of that early on, and since of course he's been injured. If I were grading him from a NBA stand point:
If you look around the league for guys like Mitch, most of them are third bigs who do well on the glass but are a bit one dimensional. I think he has some considerable upside if he can figure out the mid range game reliably, perhaps have a David Lee type impact, but I wouldn't bank on him getting there. I'd happily take a flier on him in the 20s even with the back issue, but in an especially deep draft I can certainly understand him sliding to the 2nd.
|4 years 2 days ago
|Tennessee is ranked 7th by
Tennessee is ranked 7th by Kenpom, Mercer 81st. I'll take my chances with Mercer.
That said, confident in the Beilein v Tennessee matchup.
|4 years 9 weeks ago
|Eh, you shouldn't be allowed
Eh, you shouldn't be allowed to get off that easy. The last time this was being discussed here, you were spewing a bunch of stuff about KCP being superior statistically to Burke, shooting everyone else's opinion down due to "ignoring statistics." You tried to make it about everyone else being emotional over Burke, and acted like you were the rational, analytical one in the thread. In the mean time, your argument was unequivacally wrong, both then and even more clearly now.
It seems you've finally come around though, so welcome to the side of logic and reason.
|4 years 13 weeks ago
|The Burke block was bad, but
The worst part about the Burke block is because it was so high profile, everyone thinks that was the only bad call, and are quick to make the argument that it didn't cost Michigan the game, ignoring that the entire rest of the game was horribly officiated in Louisville's favor. Hancock with the foul that was inexplicably switched off of him (and would have fouled him out), the over the back that pushed Caris out of bounds on that last rebound (we would have had the ball down 3 on the last possessoin), the other bazillion calls that were missed on Hancock, bleh.
At some point I charted out the whole game as objectively as I could, marking down ever foul called and not called, and it wasn't even remotely close. It easily resulted in a 10+ point swing. Fuck everything about the refs that game.
|4 years 13 weeks ago
|double post
sorry, double post.
|4 years 13 weeks ago
|Alright TheLastHoke, here's a
Alright TheLastHoke, here's a pretty compelte statistical breakdown of what we know about both players so far in their NBA time, since you keep saying the stats are telling a different story than what most are saying here:
Early Conclusion: Defensive signs are positive, offensively he's shown close to nothing of note outside of his low turnover rate. He hasn't had much of an opportunity, so it isn't time to panic in that regard, but offensively I'm a bit discouraged based on his reputation coming out of college.
Early Conclusion: Defense is a mixed bag, with Synergy liking him quite a bit, but 82games feeling differently. I'd probably interpret it as being mildly positive at this point, but that's mainly because I don't put much if any stock into raw +/-, so to each their own. Offensively he's actually doing a better job of scoring inside than I expected, and the only issue he's really had is getting his jumper to fall. Anyone who expects that to continue, based on his historically great ability to hit jumpers off the dribble in college, is bordering on insane. The turnver rate is very, very encouraging early on, the assist rate is solid, and all in all it's hard to find much to complain about offensively outside of the struggles with his jumper.
|4 years 13 weeks ago
|Arguing that KCP has been
Arguing that KCP has been better than Burke is....questionable to say the least. I guess you can talk up his defensive impact, but the Pistons have the 20th best defense in the league, despite a whole host of defensive talent in Smith/Drummond, so just how big of an impact is he having? I agree, the eye test says he's a good defender, and I expect him to continue to be one, but you're greatly overestimating the impact he's had on that side of the court. If you replace KCP with a replacement level player, how many fewer games have the Pistons won at this point? Look at the record of the Jazz with and without Burke, pretty easy to see the type of impact he's had.
You also referenced WS/48 earlier, which with such a small sample size of minutes borders on irrelevent, as shown by the fact that Burke shot significantly past KCP in that metric after last night's game.
Argue that KCP made sense with the Jennings/Smith plan (which was a shitty plan to begin with, but oh well), sure, but to argue that KCP has been the more productive player to this point is a joke.
|4 years 13 weeks ago
|The analytics aren't wrong,
The analytics aren't wrong, but you're only looking at one, not the whole picture. Even going into last night, Burke's oRtg of 103 was hovering around league average despite an absolutely dreadful TS%.
A short sighted person might say he's been struggling to play well, but I'd argue his first 15 games in the NBA are about as encouraging as they could be despite his shooting struggles. Does anyone really think he'd continue to shoot that poorly, is there any reason to believe he'd be that inept of a scorer in the NBA? The rest of his game has translated as well as anyone could have hoped, his turn over rate is historically low for a rookie PG (and among the best in the league amongst all PGs), he's creating off the dribble successfully, and while he's still not very good at finishing inside, he isn't have a problem getting in the paint off the dribble.
Even with the shooting struggles, Burke looks to be on track to be one of the top 3 players from this draft. No reason to be anything but excited about the way he's looked as an NBA player.
|4 years 14 weeks ago
|I'm here for the posbang.
I'm here for the posbang.
|4 years 16 weeks ago
|I'm not totally sure what
I'm not totally sure what guys expect from GR3. He's never had the ability to really create off the dribble, and most guys don't just magically develop that in one offseason. If a guy gets to college and can't create off the dribble, don't ever expect him to. It can happen, but it's incredibly rare. For that reason, I've always been pretty pessimistic about GR3 in that first or second option role. He reminds me a bit of Kawhi Leonard, and like Michigan fans, Spurs fans have been waiting for Kawhi to show the ability to create for himself. Mind you that's a generous projection, dependent on GR3 continuing to make strides with his jumper, and if you're an NBA team I think you'd have to be thrilled if GR3 reached that level.
Stauskas, unlike Robinson, has the benefit of having an elite level NBA skill, and that's incredibly valuable. Guys like Korver stick around for ages because at the end of the day, it's always nice to have a guy who can hit the 3 ball consistently over 40%. The improved ability to get inside and finish is incredibly promising as well. If you were to compare him to a pro right now, I think Klay Thompson is the closest match skillset wise, though I wouldn't expect Stauskas to get to that level of total scoring.
McGary I really don't know. He HAS to get the mid range jumper down and figure things out at the free throw line, other wise he's nothing more than an energy guy. I don't know if he ever develops real back to the basket ability, he's a quality finisher around the hoop but it's unlikely he ever creates much for himself. Defensively he has a good bit of upside due to his athleticism and size, though it'd be nice if he were a bit more prolific of a shot blocker.
I would expect Stauskas to be the most useful player out of the gate of the three.
|4 years 21 weeks ago
|I have an apartment I'm
I have an apartment I'm looking to fill a room in, and seeing as I'm in the process of considering posting the room's availability on craigslist, I figure I could do a whole lot worse than a fellow Wolverine. Email me at n.repole (at) gmail.com if you're legitimately looking for a place in the greater Boston area.
|4 years 23 weeks ago
|It should have been a first
It should have been a first down. If it makes you (or anyone else) feel better though, we probably would have just ran the ball three times for a grand total of three yards, so it probably didn't change the outcome. The missed blatant hold on one of PSU's early touchdowns and the weak PI call haunt me more than the lack of a first down there. If those things go our way, maybe we win.
Either way, win or lose, the thing that bothers me most about this game is Fitz stat line. It's absolutely inconceivable how any coach allows that stat line to happen. Oh, the first 20 runs netted us 20 yards? Lets try seven more times!
|4 years 24 weeks ago
|Why on earth did OSU not use
Why on earth did OSU not use a timeout or two when NW had the ball?
|4 years 27 weeks ago
|That call doesn't get made a
That call doesn't get made a lot because the ref isn't typically so on top of the play. Most of the time they won't see that hand on the back turning the receiver a bit, it's why DBs do it so often (especially on slants), but when it's directly in front of them you can expect it to get called.
Definitely a break though, that type of thing isn't called all the time, regardless of whether it should or shouldn't be.
|4 years 27 weeks ago
|He reminds me a bit of Deion
He reminds me a bit of Deion Branch who was drafted in the 2nd round, though I think coming out of college Branch had a bit more top end speed/quickness. In his prime though, Branch was mainly a shifty guy who ran great routes, had great hands, and blocked well despite his 5'9 frame. He did that on the outside as well, like Gallon thus far in college, not in the slot.
Get him with a QB who really values precise route running and good hands over pure size/speed and I think Gallon's got a quality NFL future. Like Branch in Seattle though, if he doesn't end up in the right system or with the right QB, goings could be pretty rough.
|4 years 27 weeks ago
|The Jags should consider
The Jags should consider giving Braylon a call, pretty sure Hennebot still spends the first three seconds after a snap checking to see if Braylon's open despite him not being on the field.
|4 years 28 weeks ago
|Isn't too hard for me to
Isn't too hard for me to believe that the girl involved didn't want to press charges due to the publicity it would receive and the way she would undoubtably be treated around campus. And without that girl pressing charges and wanting to speak out against it the police perhaps did not have enough of a case.
That doesn't mean it didn't happen, and based on what's out there regarding the situation, it seems a whole lot more likely to me that something malicious did happen. As things stand, I don't look forward to FG attempts as I can't bring myself to root for the type of person Gibbons seems to be.
Lewan's actions were shitty too, though to me that's more just a guy truly believing his friend didn't do anything wrong, trying to defend him, and being an idiot about it. I can forgive Lewan for his ignorance and stupidty, Gibbons on the other hand I hope never steps on campus again when he's done here.
|4 years 33 weeks ago
|PER is heavily influenced by
PER is heavily influenced by usage. Practically anyone who dominates the ball at the rate Jennings does can put up an above average PER. Go look at Antoine Walker's career PERs, and yet practically no one from the advanced analytics crowd will come by and say "there's a guy who helped a team win." On the flip side, RAPM doesn't seem to think too fondly of Jennings, and his TS% of 51% is awful for a guy who shoots that much.
There's some hope for him if he ever figures out the difference between a good and a bad shot, because he does do a solid job of not turning the ball over and distributing. But when he puts up a jumper, which he does really, realy often, it's bad news.
In the right situation, I think Jennings is capable of being useful. But I can't think of a situation worse for him than Detroit, where he's going to be depended on to space the floor (since no one else on the team can shoot) and create far more offense than he should be relied on for.
EDIT: That isn't to say Knight's any better of a player by the way. I don't think he ends up any more than a 7th man at best to be honest, but that doesn't change that comitting to Jennings as the PG of this team is a mistake, compounded further by trying to turn Josh Smith into a SF.


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Veggie Burgers with Cilantro Mayonnaise
This recipe has been featured in a how-to post on The Recipe Girl blog: Veggie Burgers with Cilantro Mayonnaise
Yield: 6 servings
Prep Time: 40 min
Cook Time: 15 min
Veggie Burgers with Cilantro Mayonnaise
3/4 cup reduced-fat mayonnaise
3/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
1 teaspoon light soy sauce
1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
1 clove garlic, minced
2 1/2 cups canned garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed
4 large eggs
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1/3 cup chopped fresh cilantro
1 small onion, chopped
zest of one lemon
3/4 cup frozen peas
1 cup toasted whole-grain bread crumbs
cooking spray or olive oil
burger buns
desired toppings (sprouts, grilled vegetables, tomato, etc.)
1. Prepare mayonnaise: Combine all mayonnaise ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. Scrape into a bowl, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until ready to use.
2. Prepare burgers: In a food processor, combine garbanzo beans, eggs and salt. Puree until thick (the consistency of thick & chunky hummus is what you're looking for).
3. Scrape into a medium bowl and mix in cilantro, onion, lemon zest and peas. Add breadcrumbs and then let sit for a few minutes so the mixture has a chance to moisten the breadcrumbs. The resulting mixture should be one that is moist enough to form into patties. If it's too dry, simply add a couple of Tablespoons of water or egg, and if it's too wet just add a few more breadcrumbs.
4. Divide mixture into 6 parts and form into six burgers. You can prepare the burgers ahead of time to this point (place on a rimmed baking sheet, cover with plastic wrap & refrigerate until ready to cook).
5. Spray cooking spray (or add olive oil) in large skillet and heat to medium. Add 3 patties, cover and cook for 7 to 10 minutes or until bottoms are browned. Flip patties and cook for another 7 minutes on the other side. Top with cheese at the end of cooking, if you wish! Repeat with remaining three patties.
6. Toast buns and add favorite toppings.
*Buy whole-grain buns for the burgers and just use a couple of them to grind in the food processor for the crumbs that you'll need. Then spread them on a rimmed baking sheet and toast in the oven until browned.
Source: RecipeGirl.com (Adapted from 101 Cookbooks & South Beach Diet)
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3 Responses to "Veggie Burgers with Cilantro Mayonnaise"
Great recipe! I bookmarked this page and will be trying it very soon!
Great Veggy recipe!! Even my husband, who is more a meat eater, liked them. I used a blender and it worked great. Also, I substituted chopped sweet potato for the peas (not being a big fan of peas). I will definitely be making this again.
Delicious! Don't let the word "food processor" scare you – these were quick 'n easy to make. Since I was only cooking for 2 we got dinner and two lunches out of this recipe. (and I made the burgers big!) I didn't have fresh cilantro, only dried, so adapted accordingly – and they were good – I bet they're *amazing* with fresh!