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Historical shipment data of Taiwan's first-tier IT manufacturers.
Last update: Saturday 11 February 2017 [4 news items]
Notebook shipments of Taiwan players from 2006-2016
Feb 11, 11:25
Taiwan makers produced over 90% of the notebooks worldwide in 2008. The top-five notebook makers – Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics, Wistron, Inventec and Asustek Computer...
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Nov 20, 17:18
Taiwan's motherboard industry remains dominated by four main players – Asustek Computer, Micro-Star International (MSI), Gigabyte Technology and Elitegroup Computer Systems...
Taiwan graphics card shipments from 2006-2012
Jun 9, 15:55
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Oct 31, 16:41
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I'm not a narcissist. But Clay Shirky thinks I should be.
The media critic recently posted a controversy-mongering blog titled "A Rant About Women," the premise being that women would do well to act more like men — stand up for themselves more and do what it takes to get ahead, even if it means being a "pompous blowhard":
[Women] are bad at behaving like self-promoting narcissists, anti-social obsessives, or pompous blowhards, even a little bit, even temporarily, even when it would be in their best interests to do so. Whatever bad things you can say about those behaviors, you can't say they are underrepresented among people who have changed the world.
Reading Shirky's rant certainly doesn't surprise from a gender standpoint. Most women have heard it our whole lives: Be more like men, even if said men are glorifying and rewarding reprehensible behavior.
What gives me pause is that Shirky, like so many of our "thought leaders," isn't leading at all, rather, willingly following the cultural trend of less substance and more self-aggrandizement, less selflessness and more LOOK AT ME HEY OVER HERE. So because that's the way our culture is heading, we should equip ourselves to be better narcissists? As if we needed any help in that arena.
I see this less as a gender issue, though that is undoubtedly a factor, and more as a dangerous societal shift. We should be challenging a system that exalts arrogant self-promotion and "being discovered" over the actual work of making things better. Instead, Shirky critiques the behavior of people (not just women) who refuse to kowtow to this path of least resistance. Anna North at Jezebel said it well:
Shirky writes, "in an ideal future, self-promotion will be a skill that produces disproportionate rewards, and if skill at self-promotion remains disproportionately male, those rewards will as well. This isn't because of oppression, it's because of freedom." Shirky has an idealistic view of self-promotion — he also thinks it's a marker of a variety of other skills, about which I'm very skeptical (see above). Others take a dimmer view: it's a dog-eat-dog world, and women had better transform themselves into better dog-eaters. This "change-yourself-to-fit-in" advice has been given to pretty much every marginalized group over the years …
Those who are marginalized by a system are often those best able to see its flaws, and teaching those people just to work around their marginalization is a great way to keep them quiet, and to keep anything from ever changing. Let's not fall for it.
This "self promotion equals greater rewards" system is not a future we should embrace willingly. In fact, it's a pretty dismal picture of humanity where navel gazing and notoriety inform our fundamental identities.
To Shirky's credit, I think it's a fair point that we need to stand up for our work and make our voices heard (not just women, but especially women). But I think it's unproductive, not to mention morally suspect, to do so because we hope to "get famous five years from now." And I can't believe that the loudest blowhards in the room are the ones doing the real work of changing the world. They're too busy talking about the work — or themselves — to actually get down to doing it. Why should we emulate their behavior?
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By COREY BLUEMELStaff Writer
Mayor Jackie Wilson began Huntington's first council meeting of 2004 by welcoming the new councilmembers to their duties. She said that the swearing in had taken place on Jan. 5. "Thank you for your commitment and dedication to the citizens of Huntington. There are a lot of issues facing us this year, and decisions that will need to be made, and with that commitment and dedication, we can do it," said Mayor Wilson.
Council assignments for the year are: Hilary Gordon-Heritage Days, rodeo grounds and beautification; Norman Dingman-streets, zoning and zoning administrator; Bob Mills-water, sewer, sanitation and fire department; Mark Justice-parks, recreation, public safety, animal control and Christmas; Julie Jones-cemetery, youth council, RC&D council member, grants and economic development; and Mayor Wilson will be responsible for the special service district position, OHVs, trails and task for with the Emery County Commissioners.
The Huntington Board of Adjustments consists of Jeanine Thompson, LaRae Kinder, Debbie Newman and Alton Hassell. The Planning and Zoning Committee members are Cato Wagner, Luane Wilson, Wane Justice, Donna Bury and Chris Rowley.
Boyd Wilson made a presentation to the council concerning the OHV ordinance that the council is considering for the designation of roads for OHV use in the city. "The cities in the county that have ordinances in place are Ferron and Orangeville. Castle Dale is close to having a completed ordinance. I have included those two cities current ordinances for each of you to read. There are things in each that would probably work best for Huntington," said Wilson.
This ordinance would assist law enforcement officials to regulate and control OHV use on the city's streets. It would also allow OHV users access to trailheads on the trail systems in the national forest and BLM lands in the desert. There are also OHV users who travel the trail systems who need access to the businesses in towns along the length of the trails for refueling and supplies.
Huntington has supported the Arapeen trail system, along with the new San Rafael portion that is on the table at present. These trail systems will entice tourism and tie the mountains to the desert. The BLM has also encouraged designated play areas, and this ordinance would allow Huntington residents access to those play areas.
The council will study the two existing ordinances and hold a workshop to put together an ordinance for Huntington. When this is completed, a public hearing will be held for the residents of Huntington to become familiar with the suggested ordinance and voice their opinions before any more steps can be taken.
Judy Truman requested permission from the council to make the water share lease payments. The council decided to increase the amount of the per share payment and have those payments mailed out as soon as possible.
Mayor Wilson reported that Castle Valley Special Service District and North Emery Water Users Special Service District are requesting Huntington City to enter into an agreement with them for the cooperative use of the water treatment facility. The council approved.
Attorney David Church has suggested the adoption of a resolution to establish a definitive schedule for sponsorships and donations. Mayor Wilson explained the wording of the ordinance. The council approved the ordinance with revisions as to the amounts and justification of the donations.
Mayor Wilson also informed the council that UDOT is requesting a solid policy concerning snow removal from the state highway through Huntington. She suggested that a policy be written for the entire city, to go along with the policy for state roads.
Councilman Justice requested permission to begin a skate park project. Councilmember Jones expressed the need for a park for the children to skateboard. Their suggestions were to make this project a city volunteer project and also look for grant money.
Councilman Dingman reported that the zoning ordinance updates are close to being completed. Councilman Mills requested enforcement of the shut off policy for unpaid bills and bad checks. Truman explained that the policy is coming in March.
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Secretary Vilsack Highlights Summer Food Service Program Week at No Kid Hungry Launch in Virginia
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Today marks day two in the first ever National Summer Food Service Program Week, a weeklong awareness campaign to promote USDA's Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) and other programs nationwide to feed low income kids.
Lots of things are happening around the country this week to help feed more hungry children this summer. For example today is National Hunger Awareness Day – as designated by the U.S. Senate in a bipartisan resolution. This is very fitting, given that at least 17 million children in the United States face a higher risk of hunger in the summer. Also today Agriculture Secretary Vilsack joined Jeff Bridges, Share Our Strength founder Bill Shore, Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell and others to launch Virginia's No Kid Hungry Campaign at Barcroft Elementary School in Arlington, Virginia. Read more »


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Craig Hill's Kilty Pleasures
Show type: Edinburgh Fringe 2006
Indulge yourself! A deliciously wicked evening of gloriously camp comedy - pure, unadulterated fun.
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With his work on BBC Scotland and his trademark exuberant bitchiness Hill is never short of an Edinburgh crowd, each August his faithful following are guaranteed to be in attendance.
Performing in the ballroom at the Assembly Rooms for the second time (so gleeful was he at his show's venue last year it was entitled Craig Hill's Got The Ballroom) you can't help but suspect that the chandelier, velvet and deep red lighting décor is how he's got his own pad decked out.
Starting as he means to go on, the adrenalin pounds as Hill leaps on to the stage and lip synchs to Madonna's Hung Up swinging his black rubber kilt as he goes. 'Every year I get older and that dance gets pooffier,' he announces breathlessly. He then spends the next ten minutes teasing the front row, any rogue latecomers and Neil Hamilton who he discovers in the crowd too.
With a deep breath it's into the material; beginning with how it feels to be wearing a kilt in the traditional manner, his unlikely work experience of teaching sex education in schools and how gay marriage means there surely will be some magnificent gay divorces too. What follows is basically a cutting tongue catch up on Hill's year including a gig in Greece, fanciable plumbers and visiting America.
The show is loosely pieced together with no real attempt at a theme (does he really need one?) though are some tenuous links between subjects that he successfully glosses over. Another hi-energy, fun-filled hour from the cattiest cat on the circuit.
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Colin Montgomery - 10/09/2006
Superb! I definitely thought he was better this year to previous
Sam - 28/08/2006
He can just do no wrong in my eyes, gets better every year. Roll on next year
Eck Fraser - 08/08/2006
A fantastic show. I laughed from start to finish. My ribs were sore by the end of the hour. Even funnier than last year ( which was brilliant). Certainly a 'feel good factor'
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Skip to comments.EDITORIAL: EPAs chilling effect
Posted on 01/04/2013 6:34:46 PM PST by jazusamo
Alaskan liberty goes up in smoke under new air regulations
Not-so-unintended consequences of overregulation are in the air. Newly adopted rules limiting airborne soot imposed by bureaucrats in Washington threaten to freeze the choices and toes of individuals living more than 4,000 miles away in subarctic Alaska. Thanks to authoritarian overreach, the freedom of Americas last frontier may not last much longer.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) waited until after President Obamas re-election to announce drastic new restrictions on soot produced by industry smokestacks, diesel trucks and even ordinary sources like wood-burning stoves. The new standard for the great outdoors reduces the legal limit for airborne fine-particle matter from 15 micrograms per cubic meter of air to 12 micrograms. To put in context how overly restrictive that is, secondhand tobacco smoke in a closed car can expose a person to 3,000-4,000 micrograms of soot per cubic meter, according to the agency.
The worst aspect of the agencys one-size-fits-all scheme is that the same rules that purports to clean up the air above U.S. megalopolises apply to the 97,000 residents of Fairbanks and its surrounding county, tucked amidst the wilderness of central Alaska. In January, the average low temperature is 15-25 degrees below zero and many homes turn to wood stoves to keep their heating costs under control. The county had already been on the EPAs non-attainment area list before the new regulations. Compliance will be even harder now.
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The entire EPA agency should be required to spend the winter in a light tent near Fairbanks before writing rules for such areas.
F'in EPA is insane.
Agreed...Right after that they should be stripped of their regulatory powers.
Socialism is the belief that somebody somewhere is smarter than everybody everywhere.
They need to simply be ignored. Screw these bureaucratic tyrants.
I am not being facetious.
Elections have consequences, and the last one unleashed the EPA.
I agree. Let the bureaucratic a-holes trudge up there and try to enforce those rules .... especially during hunting season when the bullets will fly with the slightest movement ... black SUVs have been often mistaken for a moose at night.
Ah, someone understands UN Agenda 21!
I think we're getting somewhere with what needs to be done.
****** They need to simply be ignored. Screw these bureaucratic tyrants." ********
Naw ... just make them go in person to enforce their rules.
I trust Alaskans (like Texans) would do the right thing.
The EPA is why all American Manufacturing is moving overseas. The EPA is the ultimate share the wealth scheme. It costs more to fufill the EPA anti-polution paperwork requirements than it does to produce the items overseas.
The only reason Chinese light bulbs are cheaper to buy in the US than American ones is because the EPA causes the American ones to be so expensive the Chinese can produce the identical object and ship it around the world cheaper than we can just produce the item.
The New World Order is created out of unequal enforcement of laws, just like our welfare and crime problems are.
Justice is not a New World Order talking point. Injustice is the Agenda.
Odungo hates Eskimos
The air in the streets in China would not be legal coming out of the smoke stacks of America.
What's it gonna take for people to just start saying "F' you! I'm not complying." to these goons from DC?
You're right, to force everyone except those needed in government approved farming, mining, forestry, etc. to live in large cities without surburbs in high rise apartments. No need for private transportation and all dependent on government. No private property rights and several forms of population control. This has been a goal for "progressives" for many decades.
I believe we're nearing the day it will happen if sanity is not restored in the government.
I remember that under Carter, his NHTSA head Joan Claybrook wanted to impose a regulation that required autos traveling over 65 to have their lights start flashing and horns honking.
She was the author, IIRC, of the dreaded seat belt interlock, so if a seat had weight on it, the belt must be buckled before the engine would start. Great for women trying to escape a rapist.
I have watched TV programs on Alaska and it's people. I think most of these Alaskans are FIERCELY independent. I have a feeling this could end very badly.
Thanks for those photos. I've said for years that if the liberals really cared for the environment they would ease up in the USA to allow more mining, drilling, manufacturing, etc. where we at least HAVE environmental and safety standards.
The right thing to do, for both the environment and our economy, would be to INCREASE the number on the amount of pollutants one can release in the USA. (Not completely - but just ease the restrictions back a bit).
"Whats it gonna take for people to just start saying F you! Im not complying. to these goons from DC?"
Obama and Holder choose which laws they will and will not enforce. Why shouldn't we choose which regulations we will and will not obey?
So an unelected reg-writer will shut down our woodstove; yet somehow the mega-landfill ten miles away that causes methane odor to seep through our homes and cars will undoubtedly get an exemption. That's where the Sandy wreckage is going, btw.
What happened to States Rights?
bimboeruption ~: " What happened to States Rights? "
What about human rights ?
check out : << http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2975033/posts >>
and I quote (from the article) :" The Obama Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says no law empowers any judge to stop it from conducting illegal scientific experiments on seniors, children and the sick. "
or that :" that EPA researchers are exposing unwary and genetically susceptible senior citizens to air pollutants the agency says can cause a variety of serious cardiac and respiratory problems, including sudden death. "
No kidding! Let those regulating EPA pansies spend a week at my house, where we hit -27 below zero last week (in California, not Alaska) and see if they could take the cold without a woodstove.
We have got to learn how to say "NO, I WILL NOT COMPLY!"
What are they going to do? Arrest thousands of us for using wood stoves?
And if they did arrest us, I'd gladly take this case before a jury. I would demand that the jury be informed of its rights to engage in "jury nullification" — which is very real — should they find the law to be unjust.
Or just let the EPA knock on some Alaskan's door in the middle of winter and tell him to put out the fire. Yeah, right.
If you can't live in the wilderness you can't destroy it.
When the EPA goon knocks on your door (in Alaska) immediately capture them, strip them naked, give them a stick of wood and a match and then throw them outside in the snow.
I would take all bets that the EPA agent would light the stick.
. Oh yeah that's going to help innovation and productivity? NOT. government moves at snails pace and is dictatorial . leave the free market alone you socialists pos, including you communist obama pos.
How much more are we going to take? We should secede and ban the stupid FDA,EPA, IRS, government schools etc.
Government should only do the military,border control, international issues.
my Constitution
We the people understand that government concentrates power and that absolute power corrupts absolutely. so in order to limit government and to preserve our freedom and individual rights, to protect our bill of rights we set up this constitution. We understand that in addition to being corrupt, evil , inefficient government just never works as well as the free market (capitallism) by orders of magnitude. So government should be limited to just the military, border control , immigration limiting, and international issues. All other functions should be left to the people and the free market. Only laws which protect individual rights to ownership, including gun ownership that preserve life and individual rights such as free speech, right to privacy, right to own property shall be allowed(of course including local laws against assault, murder,stealing, rape,trespassing). but we realize that science, government and especially the media will create false crisis in order to con the people into voting in more government power and at the same time less individual rights ( as in the fiscal cliff, global warming hoaxes of the media, government and science).We realize that the only threat to us is the government and media and such fake science. With google, the millions of products in the free market (thousands of which come out every day and many which cost only a $1 at the dollar tree) we can find the solution to practically all our problems and don't need government at any level , nor the media to tell us what to do or to solve our problems for us with all their government red tape( fema) and thousands of rules and regulations that don't make sense and slow down the free market.
This is only a first draft I just came up with and is not complete. any one have any ides to improve or add or delete of modify?
My greatest fear is that when I'm gone my wife will sell my guns for what I told her I paid for them.
I remember a joke that the cost of an apartment was the ultimate form of birth control in Japan / London / name the dense city. Packing people in forces them to see children as a luxury or expensive product. Literally no room for four kids in a rabbit hutch apartment.
I would add that quotas and tariffs protecting American beet and cane sugar growers have impoverished Central America and the Caribbean, while causing vast increases in obesity and diabetes from corn syrup. Countless medical expenses crippling Medicare is an unintended result.
That moratoriums on drilling and green energy subsidies empower our worst enemies and impose a crushing financial blow to lower and middle class families.
In Virginia, they recently tried to force taxpayers to spend $300 million on a project to change how much stormwater was running into a creek something the EPA has no authority to demand.
So how did the EPA try to skirt the law? By treating WATER as a pollutant.
Ken Cuccinelli(Attorney General of Virginia) helped defeat them.
When will people resist? Not until the TV stops working..... But the answer can be simple, just go to the local Fed bldg and set a trash bin on fire.
The rule of law is long lost since the people (mostly) don't care and refuse to accept they live in a one party system, for decades now. Moral equivalence and all that. Only the little people have to obey.
How else to amass everyone into easily controlled creches (big city slum tenements)? If they consolidate veryone into cities, they can make the current suburbs/ruaral areas into no-man lands and control travel and other Freedoms. I guess that, as they continue to rewrite history, they will have to purge the old "See the USA, in your Chevrolet" commercials to ensure even the memory of Freedom is hard to come by. God knows that the Chevrolet of the commercials has become a government entity and no longer stands for freedom of movement.
The EPA is a commie plot. Alaskans and Inuits can't comply. How could they enforce such rules in such open country?
Part of the communist/socialist agenda is to dictate *fairness and justice* via *environmental* laws.
I trust the metrosexuals to be capable of handling the terrain to TRY to enforce it.
I'm no expert in Metrosexuals so I guess I'll just take your word on that.
You do know that was sarcasm? I forgot my /s tag. Long work day...
I heat my home with a wood burning stove. I frankly don't give a damn' how much "soot" it puts out and I defy some numbnut from the EPA to try telling me I cannot use it anymore.......
I hear ya!
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Friday night, Governor Walker gave the commencement speech at Concordia University.
Good news from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Wisconsin was one of the states with statistically significant unemployment rate changes from April 2013 to April 2014, down 1% from 6.8% to 5.8%. Wisconsin's unemployment rate has dropped for nine consecutive months.
Wisconsin was also one of the states with statistically significant employment changes from April 2013 to April 2014, with an increase of 54,100.
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Economist Brian Jacobsen said the report showed evidence of real job growth in the state.
"The jobs report for Wisconsin bucks the trend for the nation as the decline in the unemployment rate for the country was because people dropped out of the labor force," said Jacobsen, chief portfolio strategist for Wells Fargo Funds Management in Menomonee Falls.
"In Wisconsin, the unemployment rate dropped because employment increased, not because people were throwing in the towel on finding jobs."
On Friday, Gov. Walker appeared in Union Grove for a groundbreaking ceremony for a new manufacturing facility at American Roller and Plasma Coatings.
Kenrich Industrial in Waukesha is expanding. Gov. Walker was there Thursday.
Team Industries in Kaukauna held a ground breaking for its expansion.
Gov. Walker promoted National Small Business Week:
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Gov. Walker and Tonette attended the 35th annual Armed Services dinner in Milwaukee sponsored by the Navy League.
Gov. Walker is seen above with, from left, former Governors Pat Lucey, Tommy Thompson, and Tony Earl. Lucey died last Saturday evening at the age of 96. Gov. Walker paid tribute:
"Patrick Lucey was a dedicated public servant who governed during an era when statesmanship was a badge of honor. It would be easy to merely describe Lucey as a proud Democrat, but that would be ignoring his ability to bring people together reaching across the aisle for the betterment of the state. Lucey was above all a friend to me and an irreplaceable friend to Wisconsin, my thoughts and prayers are with his family."
I'll end this week with a column by George Will who wrote, "Walker prevailed." Read all the details here.
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January 24 2009 10:35AM
Statistics and mathematical modeling have changed the way society functions.
Meteorologists use new methods of gathering information, especially from the atmosphere, to create a far grander database than any that human society has used for that purpose before. They feed these data points into supercomputers, and create complex models that involve a multitude of variables -- often variables that are in a constant state of flux or that are difficult to get firm information on.
Edward Lorenz, who served as an army weather forecaster during World War II, and then studied and taught meteorology, coined the "butterfly effect" as shorthand for how tiny variations could affect weather models: "Does the flap of a butterfly's wings in Brazil set off a tornado in Texas?" He pioneered the field of chaos theory largely in an effort to better predict meteorological changes. Scientists continue to use long-reaching models to predict damage caused to the earth by global warming and human impact, while similar (albeit less complex) models are used all over the Earth for long-range forecasting.
The world economy, tracking the financial dealings of seven-billion plus through a dizzying array of legal jurisdictions, tax laws and the like, is tracked through a series of macroeconomic statistics; the ones produced at Berkeley use GDP, CPI, unemployment rate, corporate profits, change in business inventories, housing starts, interest rates, exports, and personal savings rate, among others. It's on the basis of similar economic models that men like the Governor of the Bank of Canada or the Chairman of the Federal Reserve issue projections and make their decisions -- decisions that affect millions.
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These are just a few examples; in virtually every scientific field, whether "hard" science or the social sciences, mathematical modeling is a primary tool for extrapolating all kinds of factors. It's used in other sports, it's used in scenarios that are for less predictable than what occurs in the carefully regulated confines of the arena, and often it's used with data far less complete than we have available for free from the stats page and play-by-play reports at NHL.com.
In most of these other fields, suggesting that your powers of observation and gut feeling were a better method for prediction than mathematical models using a vast database would get you laughed out of a job.
In hockey, it's the only commonly accepted practice -- and I have only one question. Why?
Mike wrote:
Ender wrote: But for every Briere there are a dozen Hejdas who come out of nowhere (I say this, ccertain that you'll pull numbers from his euro league days, but I still think it's beside the point). Is that really beside the point? I would say a gem toiling in a Euro league is EXACTLY where the "seen him good" approach will fail, simply for lack of resources. It's both easier and cheaper to pay an intern to put all the numbers in a spreadsheet and flag the guys who float to the top. Hejda only "came out of nowhere" if you didn't know where to look.
I even said " I'm not saying stats can't help that," if you would have followed the quote for another sentence or two. All I'm arguing is that stats are not necessary. I'm not saying they're not useful. That said, there are so many mitigating factors that anyone who bets that kind of money only on stats will always be crazy. The house always wins, as they say. However, A scenario exists in which stats are not necessary, and a better decision can be made than using all the stats in the world, and that's in-person scouting.
Sorry, but you're arguing against a straw man, and it is beside the point.
Hejda is also a strange example because the guys who watched him and related to him all year (Oilers management) didn't think him worth re-signing (or, at least, the didn't re-sign him), while CLB did, to a 1 year, 1 mil contract.
Meanwhile all the stats guys in the oilers blogs were crying, hoping and praying that EDM would re-sign Hejda as the stats they had compiled indicated that he was an underrated defencemen. And they were right.
Q - "In hockey, [Watching a player is] the only commonly accepted practice — and I have only one question. Why?"
A - " I'm not saying stats can't help that. I'm saying that stats *cannot* tell the whole story. However, between "seen him good" and access to people around the player, not using stats *can* tell the whole story. Not saying it definitely will or *should* but I still think it *can*.
Whether or not people use the tools at their disposal for the best result is another story altogether."
I'm not going to argue these straw man cases. I always end up trying to explain and re-explain myself in these threads, and I'm done with that. Here's another Q.
Q - "When people use non-stats arguments, why do the stats people argue "but stats show that!" when it has absolutely nothing to do with what the person is even saying?"
What is a straw man about Hejda?
Your contention is that by watching him play the Oilers should have known he was worth keeping? Admittedly everyone makes mistakes, but who saw him more than the Oilers?
It's not a matter of whether or not you think he was worth keeping. It's a matter of whether or not he fit into their long-term plans. Until you can tell me with any level of certainty exactly what they were thinking when they let him go, it's a straw man argument.
January 28 2009, 04:09PM
The problem with "saw him good" is that, as the British commercial goes, it does exactly what it says on the tin. You see him good one night, and don't see him again for another couple of months, what do you know? If you watch a guy every night, that's fine, but even then, it's easy to miss things. The stats are a tool to help fill in the blank. Using only stats or only saw-him-good are, I think, fool's errands. Using both things in their proper contexts, as well as things like talking to a player, his coaches, etc. (if you can) seems like the best way to get the whole story on a guy.
Put another way, the problem with stats has less to do with whether they can tell you everything -- rare and mistaken is the person who tells you so -- and more to do with whether they tell you what they think they're telling you, and that's a usage and sample-size problem. The problem with saw-him-good is that it purports to do exactly that, and I don't believe that it can. Your eye can catch certain things the stats can't, just as the stats can catch certain things your eye and memory can't.
As for Hejda, I was under the impression he refused to come back because of how he was treated (benched for most of the first half of the season). As for the stats, well, I saw him good all the way back in the pre-season that year, so make of that what you will.


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|ACE Network: A longitudinal MRI study of infants at risk for autism
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|University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
|Placental vascular tree as biomarker of autism/ASD risk
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|University of California, San Diego
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|Seery, Anne
|Boston University
|Family/Genetic study of autism
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|Southwestern Autism Research & Resource Center (SARRC)
|Neurobehavioral research on infants at risk for SLI and autism
|Tager-Flusberg, Helen; Nelson, Charles
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|Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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|Identify behavioral and biological markers that separately, or in combination, accurately identify, before age 2, one or more subtypes of children at risk for developing ASD, and evaluate whether these risk markers or profiles can improve early identification through heightened developmental monitoring and screening by 2014.
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α. A Grammatical Analysis of the Greek New Testament by Maximilian Zerwick. It's curiously out of print.
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A Day in Cambridge
On July 10th, we went to Cambridge for a day at the Museum of Zoology at Cambridge University, the Sedgwick Museum, and dinner at the famous Eagle Pub where Watson and Crick frequented during their time working out the structure of DNA. The entire album can be seen in the gallery.
My favorite picture of the day was the ceiling at the Eagle Pub. During World War II, U.S. and British airmen would leave notes on it using lighters, candles, and lipstick.
I would write more but I've gotta run as we're headed out the door for an extended weekend of birding.


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When the weather warms, tick season launches into full swing. You want to protect your furry friends, but first you need to know where those nasty critters are lying in wait, ready to pounce on their next meal ticket. Tall grass, bushes, and trees are all potential hidey-holes for ticks. As your pet passes by, they drop from their perch and burrow into Fido's fur. Here are five tips to protect your pet from Lyme disease.
1. Brush pets after outings and inspect them for ticks, especially if they've been running in woods, brush, or tall grass. Keep the grass mowed in areas where your pets play. If you use any type of pesticide in your yard, make sure it's approved for use around pets.
2. Promptly remove any ticks you find. Wear gloves and use a tick puller (such as the Tick Key tick remover) or fine-point precision tweezers. Grasp the tick as close to the skin as possible, pull it straight out (don't crush it or puncture it), and dispose of it in a vial of rubbing alcohol. Swab the bite and your tool with antiseptic.
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Catching up with, South Coast team rider, Jonah Pierce!
We are excited to hear about what Jonah has been up to recently! Please check out his guest blog below!
The past two weekends I had a Surfing America Prime event at Steamer Lane in Santa Cruz and a Volcom event at Pismo Beach. The waves in Santa Cruz were big; big wave surfer Peter Mel was actually out there as water patrol surfing 15 foot waves on a 9'6 gun at the middle peak. the water was really cold, but i was warm in my 5:4:3 hooded Cypher wetsuit and neo-goo booties from Quiksilver. To get out into the water I had to jump off a rock about six feet high and there were eight foot waves breaking on it, with non-stop set waves coming through. I had a board that was too small and was really slidey, but luckily I still got 9th in the Prime event. For the Pismo contest the waves were really walled and it was super hard to pick a good one, so unfortunately I lost in the semi- finals. Although I lost earlier than I wanted, I still had a great time at the event hanging out with my friends from there, and getting to see Nate Tyler! Hopefully I will do better next time in the Prime event at Upper Trestles next month.


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Gregor Townsend has named his first PRO12 side as Glasgow Warriors head coach for their meeting with Ulster at Ravenhill on Friday.
Gregor Townsend has named his first RaboDirect PRO12 side as Glasgow Warriors head coach for their clash with Ulster at Ravenhill on Friday.
Glasgow are determined to build on the positive form the side showed last term in reaching the semi-finals for the second time in three years.
Their opener pits them against a team who made the Heineken Cup final three short months ago, but the Warriors travel with confidence, having won five of their last six regular-season PRO12 games and after beating the Ravenhill side the last time they clashed, at Firhill last November.
Townsend's selection for the game sees him endorse a core of players who contributed heavily to the club's consistent form last season.
Henry Pyrgos and Duncan Weir team up in a lively half-back pairing, with experience behind the scrum being provided by the man with the most all-time Warriors appearances, centre Graeme Morrison, and returning wing Sean Lamont.
With Stuart Hogg nursing an ankle injury, Peter Murchie gets the opportunity to reprise his excellent 2012/13 showings at full-back, while Tommy Seymour is rewarded for his productive shifts in the pre-season games against Sale Sharks and Exeter Chiefs with a start at the home of his former club.
Up front, Gordon Reid, Finlay Gillies and Mike Cusack team up in the front-row, with the back-row seeing a welcome return of Rob Harley, Chris Fusaro and Ryan Wilson that served the Warriors so well for much of the campaign before the number eight suffered an untimely knee injury.
"All the players and coaches are massively excited about the season getting underway and the opportunity it brings to reap the benefits of the hard work everyone has put in over the past three months," Townsend told glasgowwarriors.org.
"Playing Ulster away from home in a passionate environment like Ravenhill is certainly a big challenge, but one that the players will find inspiring rather than intimidating.
"We haven't won there for almost three years, but we only need look at results and performances like the win over Leinster at the RDS last season to know we have the ability and mentality to do the business when it counts away from home.
"It's a very tough opening assignment, but we have confidence in each other and in how we want to play."
Meanwhile, Ulster coach Mark Anscombe has handed competitive debuts to Sean Doyle, Nick Williams, Rob Herring and Michael Heaney for Friday's RaboDirect PRO12 game.
Doyle and Williams will be joined in the back-row by Robbie Diack, while Johann Muller continues as skipper in the engine room alongside Lewis Stevenson.
In the front-row, Irish qualified South African hooker Herring is joined by props Callum Black and John Afoa. Should replacement forward Tom Court come off the bench at any stage during the game it will mark the prop's 100th appearance for the province.
Behind the scrum, Heaney will start at scrum-half where he is partnered by Paddy Jackson at half-back. Luke Marshall and Chris Farrell will form an all new centre partnership in what is a youthful and energetic backline.
Right wing Michael Allen will make only his second ever appearance for the province, while Craig Gilroy – the most capped player in the backline with 43 caps – will play on the other flank. The back-three is completed by full-back Jared Payne who will play his first PRO12 game since he ruptured his Achilles tendon against Cardiff just over eleven months ago.
Anscombe, taking charge of his first competitive game with Ulster, is expecting a tough challenge from the travelling Scots.
"They have named a strong side as we expected and they will provide a formidable test. They have brought a few Internationals into the starting lineup and have another couple on the bench," he said.
"We have a strong bench too but we will see how the game pans out. Our Internationals on the bench haven't played much rugby or had much contact but if we need to use them we will. I'm really excited about this game, hopefully we can start the season off with a good win."
Form: Ulster begin the season with a home game for the sixth time in the past seven seasons, and beat Glasgow 28-14 at Ravenhill in round one last season. Ulster finished off last season's RaboDirect PRO12 tournament with three successive defeats, all to their three fellow Irish Provinces. The Ulstermen have won five of their last six clashes with Scottish opponents. Glasgow Warriors have won five of their last six regular season encounters in the RaboDirect PRO12, but have been triumphant just once in Ireland since 2009: 23-19 at Leinster on 17 September 2011. The two encounters between the teams last season were both won by the home side on the day, whilst the Warriors' most recent victory at Ravenhill was in December 2009.
The teams:
Ulster: 15 Jared Payne, 14 Michael Allen, 13 Chris Farrell, 12 Luke Marshall, 11 Craig Gilroy, 10 Paddy Jackson, 9 Michael Heaney, 8 Nick Williams, 7 Sean Doyle, 6 Robbie Diack, 5 Lewis Stevenson, 4 Johann Muller (capt), 3 John Afoa, 2 Rob Herring, 1 Callum Black.
Replacements: 16 Nigel Brady, 17 Tom Court, 18 Declan Fitzpatrick, 19 Neil McComb, 20 Mike McComish, 21 Paul Marshall, 22 Niall O'Connor, 23 Darren Cave.
Glasgow: 15 Peter Murchie, 14 Tommy Seymour, 13 Alex Dunbar, 12 Graeme Morrison, 11 Sean Lamont, 10 Duncan Weir, 9 Henry Pyrgos, 8 Ryan Wilson, 7 Chris Fusaro, 6 Rob Harley, 5 Al Kellock (capt), 4 Tom Ryder, 3 Mike Cusack, 2 Finlay Gillies, 1 Gordon Reid.
Replacements: 16 Dougie Hall, 17 Moray Low, 18 Ryan Grant, 19 James Eddie, 20 John Barclay, 21 Chris Cusiter, 22 Ruaridh Jackson, 23 Peter Horne.
Date: Friday, August 31
Kick-off: 19:05 BST
Venue: Ravenhill
Referee: Marius Mitrea (Italy)
Assistant referees: Dudley Phillips (Ireland), Brian Macneice (Ireland)
Television match official: Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland)
Assessor: Jack Young (Ireland)


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©1973 Toni Morrison; (P)2002 Random House, Inc. Random House Audio, a division of Random House, Inc.
"Enchanting....Powerful." (Chicago Daily News)
"In characters like Sula, Toni Morrison's originality and power emerge." (The Nation)
"Exemplary....The essential mysteries of death and sex, friendship, and poverty are expressed with rare economy." (Newsweek)
"Extravagantly beautiful....Enormously, achingly alive....A howl of love and rage, playful and funny as well as hard and bitter." (The New York Times)
"Good against evil and a riotous story to boot"
This was a well thought out, well put together novel. Everything draws together at the end. In addition, the author knows how to tell a story.
The characters are real, unpredictable, flesh-and-blood people. People you have known in your life, or wished to know. The reader is immersed into the culture of a backwater black neighborhood of the early 20th century.
The story has twists and turns, some back stories, but I followed it easily while alone cleaning my kitchen. I can usually predict a plot twist, but not this time. Something was happening every 5 minutes, or so it seemed.
Similar to the books of Thomas Hardy, there are all of these characters, all of these lives and interactions within a community, an interesting plot, and a thread of morality winding through it all. I didn't really notice the thread, but many things made me feel uncomfortable with both Nell and Sula. All is explained at the end and justice prevails. I felt better only to discover that I had been "had" by the moral questions now raised within myself.
Some people complained about the narration. I had no problem with it, but I listen on my computer instead of a device, if that makes any difference. The author speaks deliberately, but without a lot of expression. This way you can interpret her words as you wish, just as if you were reading it.
In summary, I thoroughly enjoyed this novel. It has everything one could wish for. I would recommend it to anyone who has an interest in fine literature.
"A moving and dangerous book."
One of the most intense and beautifully-written books I've ever read. Experiencing the emotions and ideas within this story could change you. In my estimation, this short book is on a par with Homer's Odyssey. No, actually, it's definitely better. (I *know* this sounds like hyperbole, but I really mean it.)
Morrison's reading is terrific.
Morrison's tone is soothing and beautifully, poetically just. I strongly recommend this reading of it.
"A bit too complicated for easy listening"
I must actually read this one - as it does sound interesting but a bit too foreign for easy listening - i'v started it over and again but do recommend for someone who can do nothing while listening - hope this helps.
"performance 10"
this was the most unbearably beautiful reading. I want to start all over. she is simply extraordinary.
"Interesting but not my favorite Morrison novel"
My daughter and I listened to it together for a college assignment she had. I was surprised to find Ms. Morrison's reading so unengaging, and badly paced. But I did like her characters and the evolution of the story. It was very insightful, and rather painful, to listen to. I hope to read the print version someday, I think I would like it better.
I love Toni Morrion's books and have read several. I purchased Sula and Beloved. What a mistake. She is a terrible reader, slow, wispy, frequent pauses. I suffered through Sula but after the first chapter gave up on Beloved. Listen to a sample of the book, prior to purchase, to evaluate the reading style. It may work for some but it definitely did not work for me.
Listening to books has changed my life! I now look forward (well, sort of) to my hour-long commute.
"Professional Reader Needed"
The author was hard to understand. Should have used a reader. Story was ok. Couldn't get into it.
"I expected too much maybe."
This book, while fairly entertaining., resolved unsatisfact-orly ( that might not be a word ). The characters were confusing and the storyline not quite there.
"Beautiful, yet incommensurate"
Beautifully written and read as you'd expect of Ms. Morrison, but does not develop into a satisfying narrative. Just beautiful portraits of people and moments strung together by a common lineage and community.
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England Saxons flyers Tom Biggs and Kyle Eastmond return to the Bath starting XV on Saturday as Worcester arrive at the Rec.
England Saxons flyers Tom Biggs and Kyle Eastmond return to the Bath starting XV on Saturday as Worcester arrive at the Recreation Ground.
Both stars return to the back-line, with Biggs on the wing and Eastmond outside Bath favourite Matt Banahan, who shifts to inside centre. Argentinean Horacio Agulla lines up on the opposite wing, with Nick Abendanon named again at full-back.
Stephen Donald and Peter Stringer continue to organise proceedings from half-back, building on their controlling performance from last weekend's epic win over Gloucester.
In the forwards, Charlie Beech and Anthony Perenise are given the nod either side of Rob Webber in the front row and Dave Attwood and Dominic Day continue their powerful partnership in the engine room. Ben Skirving is in at Number 8, with Francois Louw and Carl Fearns – fresh from a deeply impressive return from injury last weekend – flanking him.
Meanwhile, Worcester head coach Richard Hill revamps his pack for the trip to the West Country.
Hill makes a total of seven changes to the side that lost out to Saracens in the LV= Cup last weekend as Warriors resume league action.
Lock James Percival will captain the side from the second row where he is joined by Dean Schofield.
A new-look back row will see Neil Best and Sam Betty feature while Matt Kvesic is named at number eight.
Prop Matt Mullan is named at loosehead after missing last week on duty with England Saxons.
Alex Grove, fresh from his heroics with Scotland A, joins forces with Jon Clarke in midfield while the final change sees Errie Claassens take over from the injured Chris Pennell.
"Bath have got their confidence up," admitted Hill, who revealed Semisi Taulava and Chris Pennell would miss the game through injury.
"They have got to a quarter-final of the Amlin Challenge Cup and they have got to a semi-final of the LV=Cup with a really good win at Kingsholm.
"At the moment they are in a rich vein of form and flying high. I live in Bath and get the vibes and feelings from the supporters, I have even got Michael Claassens living across the road from me, so you understand the mentality they have got.
"They are high on confidence at the moment, there is no doubt about that, while we have gone through a sticky patch so we need a drastic turnaround of form.
He added: "Last week we had a disappointing build-up, but we have had key people away. Many of team are back; the likes of Dean Schofield and Sam Betty were away while Matt Mullan, Alex Grove and Matt Kvesic were on international duty.
"We have prepared well this week and for whatever game plan Bath use against us. The Rec pitch is damp so we don't expect a hard track, but we will try and play as much as we can. There is plenty of incentive for us and we are only one point below them in the league."
Form: Bath have won their last four games in all competitions, but in Aviva Premiership Rugby have managed just a solitary victory from their last six outings: 21-18 at home to table-topping Harlequins on 23 November. Worcester Warriors' only win in their last four Premiership matches was 13-6 at home to London Welsh in round eleven. The Warriors are without an away victory in the Premiership since they visited London Wasps on New Year's Day 2012. Worcester have beaten Bath just once since March 2007: 16-7 at Sixways in Aviva Premiership Rugby on 25 November 2011, whilst they have never won in eight previous visits to The Rec and have left without a point on their last five visits to the ground in all competitions.
The teams:
Bath: 15 Nick Abendanon, 14 Horacio Agulla, 13 Kyle Eastmond, 12 Matt Banahan, 11 Tom Biggs, 10 Stephen Donald, 9 Peter Stringer, 8 Ben Skirving, 7 Carl Fearns, 6 Francois Louw, 5 Dave Attwood, 4 Dominic Day, 3 Anthony Perenise, 2 Rob Webber, 1 Charlie Beech.
Replacements: 16 Ross Batty, 17 Nathan Catt, 18 Kane Palma-Newport, 19 Will Spencer, 20 Mat Gilbert, 21 Chris Cook, 22 Tom Heathcote, 23 Semesa Rokoduguni.
Worcester: 15 Errie Claassens, 14 Josh Drauniniu, 13 Alex Grove, 12 Jon Clarke, 11 David Lemi, 10 Andy Goode, 9 Jonny Arr, 8 Matt Kvesic, 7 Sam Betty, 6 Neil Best, 5 Dean Schofield, 4 James Percival (c), 3 John Andress, 2 Aleki Lutui, 1 Matt Mullan.
Replacements: 16 Ed Shervington, 17 Ceri Jones, 18 Rob O'Donnell, 19 Craig Gillies, 20 Jake Abbott, 21 Paul Hodgson, 22 Danny Gray, 23 Josh Matavesi.
Date: Saturday, February 9
Kick-off: 14:15
Venue: Recreation Ground
Referee: Wayne Barnes
Assistant referees: Gareth Copsey, Andrew Pearce
Television match official: Laurie Bryant
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