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Advanced Stats Overview
Kent Wilson
October 09 2010 10:44AM
Graphs and numbers, tables and weird acronyms: advanced stats are assumed to be the province of the nerd and bane to the traditional hockey observer.
I consider the dichotomy a false one. I don't begrude the typical skeptism I've encountered in the past when I've used and discussed "new metrics" here and elsewhere. Hockey is a fast, chaotic game and the efforts to properly capture it quantitatively have been halting and of dubious value. However, in this post I will attempt to detail and clarify some of the newer tools that have come to light over the past few years, many of which have proven useful to me in my amateur analysis and, in some ways, changed the way I've viewed the game. There's room for both traditional observation and new stats in hockey analysis.
This is my attempt to demystify some of this stuff for those who are skeptical or unfamiliar. For each stat, I discuss what it is, why it's relevant, where it can be found on the 'net as well as what "context" in which to couch it. On the latter point, I think some of the reason that new stats are dismissed out of hand is because of their unfamilirity - people don't have an established framework through which to view them, so they can't really put their finger on what a given measurement means in absolute terms. For example, your average hockey fan understands that 20 goals in a season is pretty good, 30 is very good, 40 is exceptional and 50 is elite. They also know similar things about points totals, plus/minus, etc., but not about stuff like corsi.
So, if you've ever had any questions about what the heck I'm talking about sometimes, or if you're just generally curious about this stuff but haven't had the time or opportunity to investigate, please read on.
What is it?
All shots at the net (shots+blocked shots+missed shots) for and against while a player is on the ice (usually at even strength).
Where does the term "corsi" come from?
Named after Buffalo coach Jim Corsi, who originally developed the stat as a method to track goaltender performance.
Corsi or "possession" is the prism through which a lot of modern analysis is currently viewed. A proxy for zone time, corsi measures where the puck is when a player is on the ice at ES: a negative value (or ratio below 50%) indicates the puck is spending more time in the defensive end. A positive value means more offensive zone time.
All other things being equal, good NHL players drive possession and have a positive corsi value. The higher the corsi rate; the more time a player is spending in the offensive zone; the more dominant he is. This is what we mean when we say a guy "drives the play north" - he's effective at moving the play from the defensive end to the offensive end.
Coaches frequently make personnel decisions based on possession and players ability to drive it. Match-ups and placement in the line-up often march in lock-step with how much time a player is spending in the offensive or defensive zone. If he struggles, he'll be moved down the line-up to see easier match-ups and vice versa.
Corsi correlates strongly with scoring chance differential at even strength over a large enough sample. For the 72 games I counted last year, the corsi to scoring chance correlation was +0.64 for the Flames. Others have found correlations closer to 0.9.
A huge portion of NHL players linger around a 50% corsi ratio (or +-0 differential), because of parity and the ability of coaches to try to limit the damage by managing their roster. In absolute terms, the range for corsi/60 minutes of ice is about +/- 20 with the very best players at the top end of the range (Datsyuk, Ovechkin, etc.) and the worst at the bottom (goons, rookies, etc.). As a rule of thumb, any /60 corsi rate around +10 or above is in "excellent" territory, while anyone around -10 or lower is getting into "terrible" territory. Over the course of a season, anyone in around 55% ratio is at the top end of things, while a 45% ratio is pretty poor.
Keep in mind, it's always a good idea to rate a player in terms of his team, primarily because team effects can go a long way to determing a guys results (in all things, not just advanced stats). Therefore, a player with a +1.0/60 corsi rate might not be impressive in absolute terms, but is probably noteworthy if the rest of his club is underwater.
We'll get to the other factors that moderate corsi later in this article.
Where do I find this stuff?
www.behindthenet.ca is the clearing house of advanced stats. Click the season in question and then "basic +/- scoring statistics (5-on-5)". From there, you can choose teams, player position and stat type from various drop down menus. For corsi, click "corsi" from the "show stats report" menu and then find the "corsi on" column. This is the players corsi/60 differential while he's on the ice.
Zone start
What is it?
A ratio that measures the amount of offensive zone draws to defensive zone draws a player is on the ice for. Usually only used at even strength.
Zone starts is one of those factors that moderates possession. As best as we can tell, an offensive zone draw is worth about +0.8 in terms of corsi, while a defensive zone draw is worth the opposite. This isn't a big deal if the number of offensive and defensive zone face-offs is roughly equal for a player. On the other hand, some guys get buried by their coaches (shut-down defensemen, checking centers) while others are privileged (scoring wingers, third pairing defenders). In some cases, coaches will give a player a higher ratio because he's considered more dangerous and therefore has a better chance of taking advantage of starting in the offensive zone. On the other hand, a coach can shelter a player by giving him a higher ratio of draws that start away from his own net.
Being a percentage point below or above 50% probably isn't a big deal, but once a guy drifts to the +/- 4 or 5 % in a zone start ratio, the influence on his corsi rates can be pretty significant. There's a few shut-down defenders and centers that get into 40% or below territory while some coaches will privilege guys to the tune of 60% o-zone draws.
Where do I find this stuff?
Again, visit behind the net, click 5-on-5 stats and select zone start from the pull down menu. The relevent column is the first one marked "OPCT".
Quality of Competition
What is it?
A method to quantify the level of competition a skater faces. We all know that not all match-ups and assignments are created equal in the NHL. Behind the net's Gabriel Desjardins has come up with a couple of methods to aggregate each skaters quality of competition. The first relies on summing, averaging and weighting the even-strength scoring rates of the skaters a player sees over the course of the season. The second is the same, except with corsi rates rather than scoring rates. The first gives you an idea of Qual Comp in terms of scoring, the second in terms of possession. Since the two often travel hand-in-hand they are usually in agreement, although there is some variation.
Qual Comp gives us some idea of the difficulty or ease of a players ice time and allows us to add more context to his other results, such as scoring and, again, corsi. For example, a player who faces the toughest competition on his team and still has a respectable corsi rate is probably an excellent-to-elite player. If he doesn't start 60% of his shifts in the offensive that is (and maybe even then).
Qual comp isn't a stat that can be readily compared across teams, so it's best utilized as a rank/order tool inside individual clubs. As such, the raw numbers are often largely irrelevant compared to where a guy ranks relative to his teammates.
Where do I find this stuff?
Go to behind the net, click 5-on-5 and you'll find both the standard quality of competition and corsi quality of competition. The first is the "QUALTEAM" column while the second it labelled "CORSI QoC"
What is it?
the sum of on-ice save percentage and shooting percentage at even strength.
Why is it Called "PDO"?
The stat was named after the alias of a frequent blog commenter who suggested it's existence/relevance.
One of the most counter-intuitive aspects of hockey is the degree to which "variance" or "luck" effects results. Most savvy or experienced hockey observers can watch a game or two and identify times where a puck was lucky to bounce in the net or off a post. The problem is, the human brain is actually pretty lousy at determining such things over a few events or games, so the influence of fortune tends to be forgotten or minimized.
What's been learned recently (thanks to the high parity/competitiveness of the league as well quality of coaching and goaltending in the NHL) is that each player (and team's) PDO tends to regress towards the league-wide mean of 100 over the long-term. Meaning, if a club is experiencing success because they are "riding percentages" (ie, their PDO is well above 100) it means it is probably due more to variance (luck) than true ability. It's the same for players, who are far more capable of driving possession (corsi) than they are percentages (PDO) at the individual level. Again, a guy who has a nice stats line thanks to a PDO of 105 is more likely than not in for a correction over the long-term.
In the short term, PDO's swing widly, but once the sample gets large enough, the typical range for PDO for both skaters and teams is about 95-105. Guys in the upper range are probably going to fall back down to earth. Guys at the lower range are probably going to rebound.
Where do I find this stuff?
In the behind the net "corsi" drop-down option you'll see a column marked "PDO". Beside it you'll notice the seperate on-ice SV% and SH% for each player as well.
Scoring Chances
What is it?
A bit of a project started a couple of years ago by an Oilers blogger, scoring chances are shots at the net from a defined (ie; scoring) area on the ice for and against.
Clearly, not all shots at a goal are created equal. Shots from the blueline, along the boards or from the corners are of relatively poor quality because of the angle to the net, the chances for interception of blocking and/or increased time for a goalie to react.
The scoring chance project allows us to not only count team-wide totals for and against for each contest, but determine differentials for each skater while he's on the ice. We can then correlate scoring chance rates with other metrics to see how they relate.
We mostly look at ES stats since that's where a majority of the game is played, but chances at all game states are recorded.
A rule of thumb that has arisen since the project began is: each game has about 35 chances total between both teams, give or take. Some abberrations and blow-outs occur, but that's about the unofficial mean. A very good night for a skater is usually in the +10 area, while a terrible night is at the other end (similar to corsi).
As mentioned corsi and scoring chance differential tend to agree with each other over the long-term, although they can be out of sync during individual contests. Like corsi, however, scoring chances are obviously moderated by the same contextual issues: zone start, quality of competition, etc.
Where do I find this stuff?
As of right now, there's no single site to review scoring chance data. Various bloggers tracked SC for teams last year. Their sites are listed here (left hand sideboard). I counted the Flames last season and the results are scattered around my personal site. This season, you'll find the chance data for Calgary right here at Flamesnation.
In conclusion - why bother?
There's no question that hockey can be enjoyed for it's speed, excitment and majesty without these sorts of tools and metrics. However, when it comes to analysis, things like this lend context to the regular counting numbers (or surface stats) one gets on the back of hockey cards. On their own, they are of limited utility. But, considered in concert with each other, as well as counting numbers and observation, these measurements tell us who a guy is playing against; where he frequently starts his shifts; where the puck spends it's time when he's on the ice; what his scoring chance differential is and the degree to which variance is influencing his results, giving us a much richer picture of his true abilities.
In addition, considering a players performance in light of the various moderating influences can help evaluate guys one may not get to see very frequently. After all, even dedicated scouts can't view every game by every player over the course of a season, let alone fans.
By way of example, Patrice Bergeron scored 19 goals and 52 points for the Boston Bruins last year. Respectable, though hardly exciting right?
Here are the circumstances of his results:
Corsi: +15.70/60 (best amongst regular skaters on the team)
Zone start: 48.1% (below 50% and one of the lowest on the club)
Qual comp: +0.149 (tops on the team), +0.214 corsi qualcomp (3rd amongst forwards)
So...with these tools out our disposal, we know Bergeron was starting more often in his own end, playing against other teams top lines and still managed to have the best possession rate on the club. He also had one of the lowest PDO's on the Bruins, meaning the bounces weren't kind to him and he's in line for a rebound. If you're a fantasy hockey guy, this is a player you'd look for iin the mid-rounds - there's a huge chance he'll up his scoring this year.
What all this points to is that Bergeron is an excellent hockey player - much, much better than what is originally suggested by his 19 goals and 52 points. If you were wondering why Steve Yzerman saw fit to include Bergeron on the Olympic squad...now you know.
So hopefully this overview gives an idea of what these new stats are all about and why many of us find them useful these days. This primer wasn't exhaustive and we're still likely in the formative years of really understanding what determines success at a team or individual level, but the metrics discussed here are the building blocks of such an endeavor.
October 09 2010, 11:37AM
Awesome. I've been trying to follow these stats for a while myself, and it's nice to have things further cleared up. A question, though: how is Corsi Rel determined?
And am I correct in thinking that Corsi Rel QoT would be Corsi adjusted for a player's teammates, while Corsi QoT is just the average Corsi of his teammates, or is it something else?
I've got to admit, you guys have me chomping at the bit for more of this stuff, but specifically for the defensive side of things: Goalies and defenders.
There is a line of logic out there that I have a hard time gulping the kool-aid on, but I remain open to in terms of basic fundamentals, that is:
"Goalies don't win you games, they only prevent you from losing games. Players win you games, because they can score."
My beef is that this is largely semantic, but perhaps advanced stats, which really don't exist right now for the defensive side of things, will allow us to tease out the strength of this logic.
An illustration of why it's so needed is this:
1. If goalies don't win games, they just prevent losses through stopping pucks, and cannot, or so rarely ever score it's insignificant in it's effect on wins.
2. Forwards win teams games because they score goals, which is needed to win, or all games will end 0-0. And forwards can back check and play on the defensive side of the ice, which is some measure of their value towards wins.
What do defenders do? Or, what is their value?
They don't stop pucks with any measurable influence on preventing losses like a goalie does.
they don't score with any level of volume, which is a fundamental of winning, like a forward does.
They only play "d". Which by the logic, leads you to the conclusion that they are the least valuable/influential position on the ice.
We know this isn't the case, and we know good defenders are worth their weight in gold. SO, how to we measure this? And how do we revise the 'value rhetoric' that seems to devalue goalies and defenders... or defense?
Two cliches have long tried addressing this, with little success or consensus:
"Offense wins you games, defense wins championships"
"The best defense is a good offense."
October 09 2010, 02:34PM
nerd. ;)
October 09 2010, 05:42PM
That's Nr. Nerd to you!
Huh...that doesn't seem to improve anything.
i presume you mean mr. nerd. cause nr.nerd is most hilarious.
Much appreciated post! I feel much smarter now that I have an albeit minimal knowledge of these stats. Though I also feel a bit dumber for having to read it over a few times before the knowledge sunk in. Perhaps my brain just needed to delete some other info before this new stuff could be added. With my luck now I will get in my car and have no idea what to do from there....
Nice work up. I appreciate these numbers for taking a way a lot of the "seen him good" type analysis. Where I find these numbers fall down is in explaining how or why a particular player is generating positive possession numbers. Are they making their passes? Are they winning puck battles? Are they out of position? It seems to me that when we get into this kind of anlaysis we are still simply making purely subjective characterizations.
It would seem to me the only way to get to this level of sophistication would be to have a grid type event by event log in game to track every action. Totally impractical for us amateurs, but I wonder if teams keep that kind of detailed record to focus their preparation and game planning.
Now that's passionately relevant. Keep it high octane Kent.
October 12 2010, 04:17AM
do you know if NHL teams actually keep these stats, or if coaches actually use them when considering line match-ups and coaching strategies? It seems that coaches do this almost innately so these stats would obviously be useful when considering how to deploy your line-up or measuring the success of how you've used certain players up to a certain point?


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Parallel parking has suddenly become a lot easier, according to Lexus, which is showing off its self-parking car - the LS 600hL at the Melbourne International Motor Show.
Not just a feature for concept cars, the self-parking technology is available on the Lexus' LS 600hL and LS 460 models.
The Intelligent Parking Assist (IPA) system is designed to assist drivers in entering parallel or series parking spaces. It employs a rear camera and ultrasonic sensors to identify parking spaces and calculate the appropriate steering angle to guide the vehicle into the chosen space, the company says.
The rear camera is mounted adjacent to the rear number plate and the ultrasonic sensors are mounted on either side of the front number plate. The system controls the steering automatically to guide the vehicle into the targeted parking position identified by the driver via a navigation screen.
No steering input is required from the driver, who merely controls vehicle speed (to a maximum of 4km/h) during the manoeuvre by using the brake pedal.
For parallel parking, the driver slowly drives past the intended parking space, allowing the system's sonar sensors to detect the available space, before stopping just beyond the space in a normal manner. After the driver shifts into reverse gear and selects the parallel parking option, the IPA control unit determines the target parking position.
It calculates both the parking trajectory and required steering angle, while a view of the target parking position is projected onto the centre console's Electro Multi-Vision (EMV) touch-screen.
The driver then confirms acceptance of the target position and activates the system. After the driver has checked traffic conditions to ensure that it is safe to reverse, the driver releases the brake pedal and the vehicle begins reversing at a slow speed.
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The IPA system will also help execute "series" parking manoeuvres in a similar fashion.
While the IPA system automatically controls the steering during either parallel or series parking manoeuvres, the driver is responsible for both controlling the speed and stopping the vehicle using the brake pedal.
The driver can deactivate the IPA at any time through either throttle or steering input or shifting out of Reverse gear or cancelling it via the EMV touch-screen.
Of course, Lexus warns that IPA is a driver-assist device only, and it doesn't mean you'll be able to park if you failed your Ps test. IPA should not be used as a substitute for skilled driving and safe parking practices, says Lexus. The driver should watch the area into which the vehicle is to be reversed, react appropriately and ensure compliance with all road rules. Intelligent Park Assist requires driver brake control.
The Lexus LS 600hL will be on display at the Motor Show from 29 February to 10 March.
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Areas of Expertise
Brett Frischmann is the director of the Cardozo Intellectual Property and Information Law Program. His expertise is in intellectual property and Internet law, and in particular the relationships between infrastructural resources, property rights, commons, and spillovers. He recently published Infrastructure: The Social Value of Shared Resources with Oxford University Press, which devotes much needed attention to understanding how society benefits from infrastructure resources and how management decisions affect a wide variety of interests. Professor Frischmann is a prolific author, whose articles have appeared in Columbia Law Review, Cornell Law Review, University of Chicago Law Review, and Review of Law and Economics.
After clerking for the Honorable Fred I. Parker of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and practicing at Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering in Washington, DC, he joined the Loyola University, Chicago law faculty in 2002. He has held visiting appointments at Cornell and Fordham.
Professor Frischmann holds a B.A. in Astrophysics from Columbia University, an M.S. in Earth Resources Engineering from Columbia University, and a J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center.
He is an Affiliate Scholar of the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School, and he blogs at madisonian.net.
Professional Affiliations and Memberships
Professional Activities
•Faculty Workshop, Emory Law School, Mar. 20, 2013 (Capabilities, Spillovers, and Intellectual Progress
INFRASTRUCTURE: THE SOCIAL VALUE OF SHARED RESOURCES (Oxford University Press, 2012)
CYBERLAW: PROBLEMS OF POLICY AND JURISPRUDENCE IN THE INFORMATION AGE (4th ed., 2010) (with Patricia Bellia, Paul Berman, and David Post)
GOVERNING THE KNOWLEDGE COMMONS (eds. Brett Frischmann, Michael Madison & Katherine Strandburg, Oxford University Press, forthcoming 2013)
Articles in Peer Reviewed Journals
Understanding The Problem of Social Cost, Journal of Institutional Economics (December 2014)
Revisiting the Marginal Cost Controversy, Journal of Economic Perspectives (Spring 2014) (with Christiaan Hogendorn, Wesleyan University, Economics)
Two Enduring Lessons from Elinor Ostrom, Journal of Institutional Economics (2013)
Compliance Institutions in Treaties, 7 Review of Law and Economics (2011) (with Jim Hartigan, University of Oklahoma, Economics)
Revitalizing Essential Facilities, 75 Antitrust Law Journal 1 (2008) (with Spencer Weber Waller, Loyola University Chicago)
Network Neutrality and The Economics of an Information Superhighway, 47 Jurimetrics 383 (2007) (with Barbara van Schewick, Stanford)
Evaluating the Demsetzian Trend in Copyright Law, 3 Review of Law and Economics (2007)
- Harold Demsetz, Frischmann's View of "Toward a Theory of Property Rights," 4 Review of Law and Economics (2008) (responding to my article)
- Spillovers Theory and Its Conceptual Boundaries, 51 William & Mary Law Review 801 (2009) (responding in part to Demsetz's essay).
Articles in Law Reviews
Constructing Commons in the Cultural Environment, Cornell Law Review (2010) (with Michael Madison, University of Pittsburgh, and Katherine Strandburg, NYU).
- Special issue of Cornell Law Review dedicated to our article with commentary on the piece from Professors Thrainn Eggertsson, Wendy Gordon, Gregg Macey, Robert Merges, Elinor Ostrom, and Larry Solum.
Environmental Infrastructure, 35 Ecology Law Quarterly 151 (2008).
- Special issue focused on applications of my infrastructure commons theory. Featured articles written by Professors David Driesen, Gregory Mandel, Marc Poirier, and myself.
Cultural Environmentalism and The Wealth of Networks, 74 University of Chicago Law Review 1083 (2007) (reviewing Yochai Benkler, The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom (2006))
Spillovers, 107 Columbia Law Review 257 (2007) (with Mark A. Lemley, Stanford)
- According to Shapiro and Pearce, The Most-Cited Articles of All Time, 110 Mich. L. Rev. 1483, 1497 (2012), Spillovers is the most cited article published in 2007.
An Economic Theory of Infrastructure and Commons Management, 89 Minnesota Law Review 917 (2005)
- Lawrence Lessig, Reply: Re-Marking the Progress in Frischmann, 89 Minnesota Law Review 1031 (2005) (responding to my article).
A Dynamic Institutional Theory of International Law, 51 Buffalo Law Review 679 (2003)
Privatization and Commercialization of the Internet Infrastructure: Rethinking Market Intervention into Government and Government Intervention into the Market, 2 Columbia Science and Technology Law Review 1 (2001)
Using the Multi-Layered Nature of International Emissions Trading and of International-Domestic Legal Systems to Escape a Multi-State Compliance Dilemma, 13 Georgetown International Environmental Law Review 463 (2001)
The Evolving Common Law Doctrine of Copyright Misuse: A Unified Theory and its Application to Software, 15 Berkeley Technology Jaw Journal 865 (2000) (with Daniel Moylan) (cited in In re Napster Litigation, 191 F.Supp.2d 1087 (N.D. Cal., Feb 22, 2002))
Innovation and Institutions: Rethinking the Economics of U.S. Science and Technology Policy, 24 Vermont Law Review 347 (2000)
Symposium Articles
Intergenerational Progress, Wisconsin Law Review (2011) (with Mark McKenna, Notre Dame Law School)
Spillovers Theory and Its Conceptual Boundaries, 51 William & Mary Law Review 801 (2009)
The University as Constructed Cultural Commons, Washington University Journal of Law & Policy (2009) (with Michael Madison, University of Pittsburgh, and Katherine Strandburg, NYU)
The Pull of Patents, 77 Fordham Law Review 2143 (2009)
Speech, Spillovers, and the First Amendment, 2008 University of Chicago Legal Forum (2008)
Some Thoughts on Shortsightedness and Intergenerational Equity, 36 Loyola University Chicago Law Journal 457 (2005) (essay for Faculty issue on the topic of Justice)
Infrastructure Commons, 2005 Michigan State Law Review 1 (2004)
The Prospect of Reconciling Internet and Cyberspace, 35 Loyola University Chicago Law Journal 205 (2003)
Shorter Works
Online Essay, Doctrinal Precedence Among the Hatch-Waxman Act, the Patent Act, and the Sherman Act, Patently-O, Mar. 13, 2013, at http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2013/03/brett-frischmann-ftc-watson.html.
Chapter, Access to Infrastructure in Economic Perspective, in Cyber Policy and Economics in an Internet Age, 2d. ed. (Lorenzo Pupillo & William Lehr eds., 2009) (college/university textbook)
Book Review, Alabama Law Review (2009), reviewing Michael A. Carrier, INNOVATION FOR THE 21ST CENTURY: HARNESSING THE POWER OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND ANTITRUST LAW
Book Review, Avoiding a Cliff Dive, reviewing Jonathan Zittrain's The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It, 321 Science 491 (July, 25 2008) (peer reviewed)
Online Essay, Infrastructure Commons in Economic Perspective, First Monday, vol. 12, num. 6 (June 2007) (peer reviewed), at http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue12_6/frischmann/index.html
Chapter, The Evolving Doctrine of Copyright Misuse, Intellectual Property and Information Wealth (Ed. Peter Yu, Praeger, 2007) (with Daniel Moylan)
Peer-to-Peer Technology as Infrastructure: An Economic Argument For Retaining Sony's Safe Harbor For Technologies Capable of Substantial Noninfringing Uses, 52 Journal of the Copyright Society 329 (2005) (peer reviewed)
Commissioned chapter, Commercializing University Research Systems in Economic Perspective: A View from the Demand Side, in University Entrepreneurship and Technology Transfer: Process, Design, and Intellectual Property, volume 16, Elsevier Science/JAI Press Series: Advances in the Study of Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Economic Growth series (2005)
Chapter, A Comparative Analysis of Compliance Institutions in International Trade Law and International Environmental Law, in Handbook of International Trade: Economic and Legal Analysis of Laws and Institutions (Jim Hartigan ed., 2004)
Book Note, 11 Georgetown International Environmental Law Review 235 (1998) (reviewing Law and Economics of the Environment (Erling Eide & Roger van den Bergh eds., 1996))
Chapter, The role of universities in the generation of ESTs, in ATAS XII-The Role of Publicly Funded Research and Publicly Owned Technologies in the Transfer and Diffusion of Environmentally Sound Technologies 371 (United Nations 2000) (with Daehyun Kim and Kunsoo Kim), available at http://www.unctad.org/en/docs//psiteiipd9.en.pdf
Where Micro meets Macro in Technology Space (with Christiaan Hogendorn, Wesleyan University, Economics)
Rethinking the Economics of Two-sided / Multi-sided Markets Through a Series of Sequentially More Complicated Yet More Realistic Models (with Christiaan Hogendorn, Wesleyan University, Economics)
Understanding Spillovers as Social Investments in the Capabilities of Others
The Rare Disease Clinical Research Network as a Nested Commons (with Katherine Strandburg, NYU)
Intergenerational Progress and a New IP Consequentialism (with Mark McKenna, Notre Dame)
The Shortcomings of Pursuing Optimality
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It's likely that the stolen Bankais are meant to be used in their "Fusion Holy Modes", seeing as they don't have access to the Bankai's advanced forms and techniques (it would be strange for the Sword Spirit to teach and show them how to do it, though they might be able to force them out, probably depends on Quincy's power).
Regardless for what reason, the Quincy steal the:
- Bankai (it's obviously shown),
- Bankai's reiatsu (mentioned by Unohana),
- the Sword Spirit (proved by the fact that Hitsugaya can no longer communicate with his Zanpakutou).
In a way, they obtain special power and reiatsu generators, which for Quincy, who depends on surrounding energy, is a great boost in fighting potential, since they tend to have less spiritual power within themselves compared to Shinigami.
It's also worth mentioning that the Shikai forms are left intact (for example Sasakibe's rapier form), but there is no longer any power in them (the spirit is stolen after all). In other words, they could be compared to remodeled Asauchi (though they likely no longer can become anything else).


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Sturridge: It's been a whirlwind
Daniel Sturridge intends to come up "smelling of roses" as he continues to battle back from the toughest experience of his life.
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The Chelsea striker - who is hoping to make only his second start of the season, and his first for England in Wednesday's international friendly in Sweden - contracted viral meningitis last summer.
He recovered to take up a place in the Great Britain squad for the Olympics but has since struggled to get game time at Chelsea.
That has not prevented Roy Hodgson from naming him in his latest England squad and the 23-year is determined to grasp the opportunity if he features in Stockholm.
Sturridge said: "It has been a whirlwind 12 months. I've had highs, lows, everything thrown at me.
"It was hugely character-building. The meningitis was the hardest point of my life, the most emotional period I have had, but I am glad I recovered.
"I am not one to try to give it the sob story about myself. I have recovered. People have had meningitis and been a lot worse than I was. It was something I was able to get over.
"I am moving forward now, getting stronger and feeling better every day.
"Then to play in Team GB and be involved in the Olympics when I thought I wouldn't be able to, then to lose and go out and go back to Chelsea and not play as much as I did last season... obviously things have been a lot different for me.
"But it is all just making me stronger and I have still got belief in myself.
"I am not a person to shy away from any sort of adversity. I like to walk through everything and try to come out smelling of roses.
"It's just great to be in the position where I am now, to be involved in the England squad even though I've not been playing regularly, and for the manager to show huge faith in me.
"I just want to thank him for picking me for this squad and hopefully I will be able to repay him."
Sturridge won his first England cap off the bench against Sweden at Wembley a year ago and has since made two further substitute appearances against Holland and Ukraine.
Despite his relative inexperience, he almost finds himself a senior striker in the current squad in the absence of Wayne Rooney and Jermain Defoe, with only Danny Welbeck having made more appearances.
Hodgson has also included two uncapped youngsters in Raheem Sterling and Wilfried Zaha.
Having been deployed as a winger in the past, Sturridge is now operating in his preferred centre forward position but of his 11 Chelsea appearances this season, 10 have been as a substitute.
He knows he must make the most of any time he gets on the field and hopes his proven versatility can continue to help his cause.
Sturridge said: "It was a long time ago when I played against Sweden last time. I think I played on the wing, so I don't know what the manager is going to do, whether I will play as a striker or a winger.
"I am not one to stress about whether I start or not. It is the manager's decision and I will just go out there and show him what I am capable of doing, whatever amount of minutes he gives me.
"It is a huge window of opportunity for everyone to show the manager what they can do and stake a claim to be involved in the World Cup qualifiers.
"It is just a great place to be and to be a part of it is always special, whether it be a friendly or a competitive game."
Sturridge has been impressed by Crystal Palace's highly-rated forward Zaha, who was a late addition to the squad.
He said: "He is a very talented player and he was sharp in training today, he looked very good. He has got a lot of skills and can bring a lot to the table. I am looking forward to playing with him."
The 20-year-old is also eligible for Ivory Coast and could still switch allegiance even if he plays in Wednesday's friendly.
Sturridge said: "I think whichever decision he makes is going to be right for him as a person but I think everybody would love him to play for England and it would be great if he could."
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Feedback from focus groups, recruiters, and college students showed a perception that, due to its size, the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies (J&J) could be seen as unapproachable and impersonal. To overcome this and make connections that better represent J&J and its culture, the company launched a Twitter-based campaign called the "Be Vital Social Media Strategy."
"We wanted to make a genuine, transparent connection with university students and at the same time, improve our social media strategy," says Dia D. Harris, senior university relations specialist at J&J.
The mission of the "Be Vital Social Media Strategy" is to use social media to attract the most sought after student talent and ensure that J&J is their employer of choice. Meanwhile, the program's goal is to create transparency and approachability leveraging "Be Vital" branding and access.
From the goals and mission, Harris and his colleagues created some objectives for the program around three areas:
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J&J measures the effectiveness of the program by its number of followers; in one year, the number more than tripled.
"We also measure the effectiveness by the feedback and interaction we received from students, which has been overwhelmingly positive in helping us be perceived as more approachable and accessible," Harris adds.
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What is an abandoned mine feature?
An abandoned mine feature is any aboveground or underground mining opening, working, structure, or disturbance that was abandoned prior to January 1, 1981, the effective date of the Federal surface management regulations, with no evidence demonstrating that the miner intends to resume mining.
Why is the BLM sending out the "General Notice" to mining claimants?
The Office of Inspector General (OIG), Department of Interior, issued the findings of its May 2009 audit entitled "Bureau of Land Management - Mining Claimant Administration," (Report No. C-IN-BLM-0011-2008). Within its report the OIG found that the BLM should cooperate with mining claimants and seek their assistance to mitigate hazards on public lands. The "General Notice" is the BLM's effort to raise awareness in regards to the safety hazards that exist on public lands, mining claimant's responsibilities, and opportunities for mitigation through the BLM's FAST! (Fix A Shaft Today) campaign.
Does receiving the "General Notice" from the BLM mean that there is a dangerous abandoned mine hazard on my mining claim?
Not all mining claims that received a "General Notice" have an abandoned mine hazard within the land boundaries on which those mining claims are located. The BLM conducted a geospatial analysis by cross-referencing its mining claim data with its abandoned mine land inventory data to determine which mining claimants should receive a notice. The BLM's mining claim data is stored as 160-acre quarter-sections. If a hazard and a mining claim were found within the same quarter-section, then a notice is sent to the claimant of record. This means that for claims less than 160 acres, that there is a possibility that an abandoned hazard does not exist on your mining claim.
Am I responsible for all abandoned mine features on my active mining claim?
You are not responsible for any disturbance or workings/hazards/features created and abandoned by a previous claimant, unless you are using the disturbance or feature for your mining activities.
Will the BLM contact me before they mitigate or close an abandoned mine hazard of my mining claim?
The BLM will make a reasonable attempt to contact active mining claimants, 30 days before mitigation or closure efforts are initiated. Therefore, it is in your best interest to ensure that your mailing address is correct.
If the BLM's proposed mitigation effort interferes with my mining claim activities, what can I do?
If the BLM's proposed mitigation or closure will deny you access to a mining feature essential to your mining activities and you object to the proposed mitigation or closure, you must immediately contact the BLM field office that intends to initiate the closure or mitigation action. We will require you to file a notice or plan of operation with us as required by Federal regulations at 43 CFR Subpart 3809. Once the BLM has accepted the notice or has approved the plan of operations with the proper financial guarantee, your mine feature will no longer be considered abandoned and will be recognized as a component of your authorized mining operations. You will be responsible for protection of the public and any reclamation required for your mine feature.
If I am never contacted by the BLM, may I still access the abandoned mine feature without compliance with 43 CFR Subpart 3809?
You must comply with 43 CFR Subpart 3809. If your activities exceed casual use, you must submit a notice or plan of operations, whichever is applicable, to the BLM. If your activities require an abandoned mine feature to remain open, then you have exceeded casual use and you are required to submit a plan or notice. However, in all cases, you are reminded that entering any abandoned mine feature is potentially hazardous and fatal.
May I post warning signs or fence off hazardous sites on my mining claims without the BLM's permission?
Generally, you will need the BLM's authorization to post warning signs or to install temporary safety measures such as fencing. Please contact the appropriate BLM field office to determine which actions may be allowed and how the BLM may be able to assist. In addition you are encouraged to participate in the BLM's FAST! campaign. The FAST! campaign partners with mine claimants, landowners, mining industry, recreational user groups, and volunteers to work together to mitigate or remediate these unsafe mine features. If you are willing and able to mitigate or secure the hazard, you are encouraged to participate in the BLM's FAST! campaign. Please contact your local field office for further information.
How do I determine the location of the abandoned mine hazard inventoried by the BLM?
You may contact the BLM field office whose jurisdiction contains your mining claim.
I have determined that there are abandoned mining features on my mining claims, what must I do now?
If you have determined that there are abandoned mine features on your mining claim, notify the BLM field office. However, unless you plan on using the mining feature or need to maintain access into the feature for current or planned mining or exploration activities, you do not have to do anything further. Depending upon the level and type of risk posed by this abandoned mine feature and where the feature fits within the BLM's priorities for abandoned mine hazard response, the BLM may or may not take further action to mitigate or close the hazard. If you want the abandoned mine feature kept open, you will need to tell us that. If you keep the feature open, you will become responsible for that abandoned mine feature and for the protection of public safety and any environmental issues arising from it. You will need to comply with Federal regulations at 43 CFR Subpart 3809 as noted above. Also, youmay choose to participate in the BLM's FAST! campaign to increase public safety on public lands.
I have determined that there is an abandoned mining feature on my active mining claim. This feature constitutes all or part of my discovery location or contains physical exposures of a valuable mineral. Will the BLM attempt to mitigate or close this feature?
The BLM will make a reasonable effort to contact an active mining claimant of record before it
attempts to mitigate or close an abandoned mine hazard. You must inform the BLM if you object to the BLM's proposal to mitigate or close the hazard. Then, you must file a notice or plan of operations with the local BLM office in accordance with 43 CFR Subpart 3809.
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Bayonne moved well clear of the Top 14 relegation zone on Thursday thanks to a 22-12 win over Castres at Stade Jean Dauger.
Bayonne moved well clear of the Top 14 relegation zone on Thursday thanks to a 22-12 win over Castres at Stade Jean Dauger.
A first-half try from centre Gabiriele Lovobalavu and five penalties via the boot of fly-half Jacques-Louis Potgieter proved enough for the Basques hosts, who remain eleventh in the league standings but now enjoy a twelve-point cushion on the relegation dogfight.
For Castres, a fifth consecutive defeat in all competitions is an unwelcome result after their elimination from the Heineken Cup last weekend.
The bad news does not end there for les Tarnais who look set for a long spell without lock Joe Tekori after he was forced off with a suspected broken wrist.
The turning point of the game came on the half-hour mark, with Castres on full attack. But a loose ball at a ruck allowed Bayonne to kick and chase, forcing Castres full-back Brice Dulin into a mistake. Bayonne full-back Scott Spedding played it quickly and found the charging Lovobalavu, who crashed over in the corner.
Potgieter added the extras to give the hosts 13-6 lead which turned into 16-9 by half time.
The second period proved and evenly-matched affair with Potgieter and fellow South African Rory Kockott trading penalties.
But it would be Bayonne who finished the stronger, denying Castres a losing bonus point in the dying minutes.
The scorers:
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Try: Lovobalavu
Con: Potgieter
Pens: Potgieter 5
For Castres:
Pens: Kockott 4
Yellow card: Samson
Bayonne: 15 Scott Spedding, 14 Sam Gerber, 13 Joe Rokocoko, 12 Gabiriele Lovobalavu, 11 Marvin O'Connor, 10 Jacques-Louis Potgieter, 9 Mike Phillips, 8 Dwayne Haare, 7 Julien Puricelli, 6 Jean Joseph Marmouyet, 5 Mark David Chisholm, 4 Dewald Senekal, 3 Nemiah Tialata, 2 David Roumieu, 1 Aretz Iguiniz.
Replacements: 16 Gregory Arganese, 17 Pierre Lafond, 18 Abdellatif Boutaty, 19 Marc Baget Rabarou, 20 Cedric Garcia, 21 Benjamin Boyet, 22 Thibault Lacroix, 23 Renaud Boyoud.
Castres: 15 Brice Dulin, 14 Romain Martial, 13 Romain Cabannes, 12 Remi Lamerat, 11 Marc Andreu, 10 Remi Tales, 9 Rory Kockott, 8 Antonie Claassen, 7 Yannick Caballero, 6 Jan de Bruin Bornman, 5 Iosefa Tekori, 4 Matthias Rolland, 3 Anton Peikrishvili, 2 Brice Mach, 1 Yannick Forestier.
Replacements: 16 Marc Antoine Rallier, 17 Michael Coetzee, 18 Christophe Samson, 19 Piula Faasalele, 20 Thierry Lacrampe, 21 Daniel Kirkpatrick, 22 Marcel Garvey, 23 Mihaita Lazar.
Venue: Stade Jean Dauger, Bayonne
Referee: Pascal Gaüzere


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14/09/2012 | 00:20 |
Category: GAMES
Nintendo's Wii U is coming before Christmas at a competitive price
A Nintendo Christmas
Nintendo has announced its new gaming console, the Wii U, will be launched in Australia and New Zealand on November 30th, just in time for the Christmas rush.
Off the back of wanning Wii sales, the introductory 8GB console will be priced at a competitive $349, bundled with a strong range of games.
It's one of the strongest launch packages for any console to date.
In June, Nintendo announced it incurred its first lost in the company's history. Although their Wii console became the world's best-selling console following its 2006 launch, its sales have since waned. Only 710,000 consoles were sold in the three months leading to June, which is less than half of the 1.56 million sold a year earlier.
Unlike the game-specific Wii, the new Wii U will support video-on-demand content, looks to social networking with its new Miiverse and incorporates tablet sensibilities in its GamePad controller.
M2 Analyst Billy Pidgeon believes the Wii U's versatility is a must-have if the console is going to have any chance of being a serious competitor.
"Before, Nintendo took a very game-centric approach avoiding traditional content beyond games. But it's pretty clear, it's a necessity," said Pidgeon.
"It's a must-have right now and with this, they can catch up somewhat to Microsoft's Xbox offerings."
Packing Heat
Customers will have the option of bundling the Wii U with Acitvision's Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Fifa 13, ZombiU, Raymand Legends and Nintendo land. They can also choose the new version of Super Mario Bros, which for the first time in sixteen years, is dedicated solely to Nintendo's console.
It will also come with two—instead of the traditional one—Wii U GamePad controllers. The tablet-inspired GamePad features a large 6.2 inch (16 centimetres) touch screen, two joysticks, a front facing camera, traditional control buttons and Near Field Communications technology.
The high definition console is backwards compatible with most Wii games and hardware, allowing loyal Nintendo users to reap more value from their existing game libraries. Nintendo will also sell a 'Deluxe' version of the Wii U console which will come in black, have 32GB of internal memory, a charging stand and come with Nintendo Land. The Deluxe version will cost $429.95.
A new feature revealed yesterday was Nintendo's TVii; a portal which pulls together content from every available VOD service.
If, for example, you're fond of the TV show Community, it will collect every available episode from all of the service available into one interface.
Read Nintendo's Wii U: A Tablet, Social Network & Yesterday's Tech
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Australia 1855 – 1917
Artist's Day
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irregular 22.0 (h) x 19.0 (w) cm
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McCubbin's daughter Kathleen commented on these works:
It's amazing to think that a landscape can be painted on a gum leaf… But this one is I suppose one of the few that still exist of a great many gum leaves that were prepared … during the First World War and had a landscape painted on them—to be sold on 'Our Boys Day' in 1915—which was to raise money for the soldiers. I remember my mother organised big working bees at our home in South Yarra and these consisted mostly of women artists, because most of the male artists had gone and enlisted in the army. And all these people used to come to our home and they would paint … these gum leaves, and tie red, white and blue ribbons around them. The gum leaves were sold on the streets instead of the Anzac buttons.
The really beautiful work was done by the good artists, including my father, and he used many cardboard fans and gum leaves and painted full landscapes on them—you know, seascapes and bush scenes—wattle studies and the like … there were two sizes of gum leaf. The gum leaves that my father and other artists painted on … were much bigger than the ones that they just attached the ribbons to. The small gum leaves sold for about sixpence, I think, in those days, while the ones that my father painted sold for ten shillings … I remember that the children of the artists and other children helped sell the gum leaves outside the Stock Exchange Building and we dressed up in fancy dress to do this (Kathleen Mangan, quoted in Mackenzie 1990, p 202).


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The Douglas DC-3, N34, is a monoplane aircraft built as a TC-47B in 1945 for the U.S. Navy by the Douglas Aircraft Company in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It has seen continuous use since then, first as a Navy airplane and later as a transport airplane associated with the Federal Aviation Administration's safety inspection program. The Douglas DC-3, N34 is representative of an aircraft type that revolutionized the commercial airline industry and made a significant contribution to the evolution of military aviation during World War II. First designed and built in the mid-1930s, the first DC-3 flew on December 17, 1935, exactly 32 years after the Wright brothers made the first powered airplane flight. More than10,000 DC-3s were manufactured but only 410 are still registered in the United States, making this airplane a rare survivor of a once common aircraft type. Registered in at least 159 separate countries, the DC-3s were utilized in a vast array of duties from luxury transcontinental passenger transports to crop spraying. General features of Douglas DC-3s include all metal fuselage and cantilevered low wing, all metal vertical and horizontal stabilizer, two reciprocating radial engines, fabric covered control surfaces (ailerons, rudder and elevators) and two main landing gear consisting of wheels and tail wheel. The all-aluminum metal low wing was built in three sections with the stub-wing center section integrated into the lower fuselage; it supports the engines, nacelles and landing gear on each side of the fuselage.
The Navy loaned the airplane, along with four other DC-3s, to the Civil Aviation Administration (CAA), later the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The initial FAA assignment as a flight inspection airplane was to the Southwest Region in Fort Worth, Texas, and later to various other FAA regions. This airplane was operational and photographed with its first CAA livery paint scheme on the ramp at Oakland in August 1958.
In 1981, N34 was withdrawn from flight inspection and assigned to the training program in Oklahoma City, but was declared excess to FAA needs on January 1, 1983. During the early stages of disposing of the DC-3s beginning in the 1970s (as new jets were taking over their functions), initial efforts by FAA employees to preserve one for its historic value finally cumulated in this last FAA DC-3, N34, being reinstated by the FAA Administrator in 1985. Since its 1983 retirement and 1985 restoration, N34 has been used in the FAA's aviation educational programs to promote aviation and the FAA's heritage. The airplane retains the same equipment, furnishings and arrangement that were originally installed in 1957 and is currently being restored so that it can participate in the First Flight Centennial at Kitty Hawk.
The Douglas DC-3, N34,is located in the Texas Air & Space Museum, Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport, 10801 Airport Blvd, Amarillo, TX 79111 and is open to the public during regular museum hours.
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By PATSY STODDARDEditor
The Star Theatre in Huntington is now a bright spot along Main Street. Percy and Janice Mounteer have been the new owners since March 15 of this year. Percy said, "We have replaced the carpet in the lobby and down the aisles. We have been painting the outside of the building. We have installed new lights on the marquee out front and a new sign. We have had people tell us they thought the theatre was closed, but it has been an existing business since it was built in 1944-46. We've tried to draw attention to it so people will know we are open.
"We have changed the seats and remodeled the bathrooms. The building now has hot water for the first time. We've replaced the movie screen and replaced the coal furnace with new gas heaters. The coal heat was pretty dirty and it's taken a while to clean everything up. We've also been painting the furniture," said Percy.
Janice said, "We have remodeled the lobby area. We have expanded the snack bar to include a larger variety of treats. We also have pop and juices and hot dogs. We purchased a new popcorn machine and the popcorn tastes great. We have gone through 600 pounds of popcorn since March. Brett Tucker works selling concessions and my mom, Betty Wardle also works here. We've had a lot of help from family and friends throughout this project.
"We have plans to have some daytime activities in the future. We would like to have a hypnotist and maybe a magician. We would like to open the theatre for some community theatre productions as well. Our first obligation is to the movies, but we plan on trying some different activities. We would like to get to where we can run two movies at different times. I would like to get some older movies and run them sometimes. We have a Saturday matinee at 2 p.m. We have a cry room available for mothers with small children.
"The movie changes on Friday's. We've had a lot of support from the community and are getting a good turnout at the movies. We have families from Price that are coming over to the movie. Some tourists traveling through the area are stopping in to see a movie as well. Craig Parker is our projectionist and he's an expert. It takes nine and one-half hours to inspect a movie. I'm going to learn how to put the movies on too. We try to get new releases but sometimes you have to commit to showing the same movie for four weeks and we don't like to do that. If we wait for the movie then we don't have to show it as long.
"We are offering some incentives to kids to help them read books. We have a card they can pick up at the library and after they have read a certain amount of books they can get free popcorn and a drink at the show. We will be doing other similar things.
"We plan on having the theatre open to the public during the Heritage Days celebration so people can come in and see all the new things we have done," said Janice.
Percy said, "We do have plans to expand but we'll just have to wait and see. But, things are in the works."
"We have had so many positive comments on what we've done here. It's like a hobby and it's been a lot of fun. We're excited to be here. We enjoy seeing the kids enjoy it. Grandparents have been bringing their grandchildren to the show and it's fun to see. It is a labor of love for the community," said Janice.


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If you've had the experience of walking through a meadow or trail in the woods and found yourself with a bristly rash on exposed parts of your limbs, you may have brushed up against some stinging nettle. Nettles are an herbaceous perennial flowering plant, native to Europe, Asia, northern Africa, and North America. The plant has many hollow stinging hairs called "trichomes" on its leaves and stems, which act like needles that inject histamine, formic acid and other chemicals that produce a stinging sensation. It's very high nutritional content has made it a popular food source steamed and eaten like spinach (it does loose the "sting" when cooked), taken as a tea made from the dried leaves to assist in the nutrition of expectant or nursing mothers, or for general tonic properties for good health. Shakespeare makes mention of nettle when his character Hotspur warns, " 'Tis dangerous to take a cold, to sleep, to drink, but I tell you, out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety" (I Henry IV, Act II Scene 3). It is a plant that has endeared itself to us throughout the ages.
The practice of Urtication, or flogging with nettles, is the process of deliberately applying stinging nettles to the skin in order to provoke inflammation. This use of a plant puts it into a class known as rubefacients (something that causes redness). This practice is sometimes referred to as "counter irritation" and was used long ago by country herbalists in England to help relieve pain in the joints and get folks back to work. Nettle leaf has a long history of use for modulating the body's inflammatory pathways and supporting upper respiratory health. Clinical evidence for use in allergic rhinitis comes from a 1990 study in "Planta Medica" conducted by the National College of Naturopathic Medicine, which found that stinging nettle rated slightly higher for reducing hay fever symptoms than placebo. Nettle Root has been used to support healthy prostate function and there are human clinical studies supporting its use for this purpose.
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